I think starting at both of those points can be good, as they both have their benefits to your story. If you are starting after d day then I do think you need to somehow explain what happened and how the world ended up the way it is now, but you don't have to necessarily do a flashback or an entire chapter dedicated to the initial incident. Taking zombie apocalypse as an example, you can easily slip small hints into dialogue or a character's thoughts, like how they remembered the first broadcast about the "new virus", or that initial fear they felt when they saw their neighbour eating their own child.
August 6th, 2016 at 02:06am