Kristin
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Isaac Marion:
I'm sure this has been asked before, but are you going to write any novels that aren't in the Warm Bodies universe/aren't about about zombies? I love your writing and would really like to see what other types of stories you could tell.
Isaac Marion
It has indeed been asked before, surprisingly often! I'm still not quite sure I understand the question...are you asking if I'm going to keep writing Warm Bodies books forever? Or if I'm going to completely quit writing once this story is finished? That idea kind of tickles me actually...that I came into this world and learned the craft of writing for just one story...One True Purpose...and when that story is told and that Purpose completed...I ride off into the sunset, never to write again. Haha. I love it.
But no, I am definitely going to keep writing! And no, I will never write about zombies again. I never really meant to get this deep into that niche, it just...happened. I will most likely never write about any big established pop culture thing again...except maybe ghosts. And robots. (Robot ghosts?) But other than ghosts and robots, it's just gonna be original content. People having problems in a variety of strange ways. I'm really excited to get out of this stifling genre box and start writing stuff that doesn't come burdened with a whole truckload of expectations and prejudices.
That said, it's all gonna be weird. Always some twist to reality, either subtle or global. Even if the story is essentially about relatable human relationships, those little twists get me excited and let me look at things from different angles.
But no, I am definitely going to keep writing! And no, I will never write about zombies again. I never really meant to get this deep into that niche, it just...happened. I will most likely never write about any big established pop culture thing again...except maybe ghosts. And robots. (Robot ghosts?) But other than ghosts and robots, it's just gonna be original content. People having problems in a variety of strange ways. I'm really excited to get out of this stifling genre box and start writing stuff that doesn't come burdened with a whole truckload of expectations and prejudices.
That said, it's all gonna be weird. Always some twist to reality, either subtle or global. Even if the story is essentially about relatable human relationships, those little twists get me excited and let me look at things from different angles.
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