4.14 Building a Zombie

Join us for a hands-on worldbuilding exercise as we create a zombie outbreak by answering these nine questions:

1. What quintessential parts of zombie lore must be preserved to make it recognizable as a zombie?
2. What is causing the zombification? How/where did it originate?
3. What are the first symptoms of zombification? What are the later symptoms of zombification? What are the final symptoms of zombification? At what point does the host die?
4. What are the zombies’ strengths and weaknesses?
5. What motivates the zombies?
6. Does the zombification affect only humans, or any animals as well?
7. How does zombification spread?
8. What do people think is happening before they realize it’s a zombie outbreak?
9. What are the impacts on society of the zombie outbreak?

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