Sometimes it's not just about fiction. This style of writing could as well nurture the telling of a non-fictional tale. In fact, journalists have been incorporating this style for a while to make their writings more intriguing to the readers.

Sometimes they overuse it and it's hard to see the message they're trying to convey, and those are not as successful except with the snobby readers who come for entertainment and not for news, but other times, they do it just right and you feel like you're reading a fiction book, a fantasy novel, perhaps, but it's all a take on true events.