A style of nonfiction that'
s often seen with an eye which some publishers
don't know what to make of it when introduced into the independent literature circles.
Author who introduced The Cabbie Homicide brought the framework of the macabre into the delivery as a publisher who eventually published him cussed as she noticed it in 2002. It has origins in Gonzo Journalism coined by Hunter S Thompson. Wes Craven believe it or not gave the form visibility on the
big screen when he directed "Serpent in the Rainbow." The author,
Wade Davis, contributed to Forbes, National Geographic, and Condé Nast Traveler.
The styles range from investigative to feel-good.The style is sometimes seen on wordpress and tumblr when using tags after the second paragraph. The approach is not without it's controversies over the years.
Early origins can be in the writings of
Daniel Foe as it's origins are in the crime of pamphleteering before the digital age as they were the forerunner of the blogger.
The Stranger Beside Me by Anne Rule is a 1980s example of creative nonfiction as it was applied to true crime. Lee Gutkind founded the magazine for it's name; as the writer of The Cabbie Homicide was getting noticed in the circles as he had a
piece on the newsstand in 2008 from a fringe literature journal. They liken the form to
jazz (no not the underage science project on TLC but the
music form,) the author who introduced the true crime
piece likened the darker take to doom
metal.
valannb22 as she commented when bugchaser gossip blogger pissed on the
cult piece, "What exactly is creative nonfiction? Is it non-fiction or something you just pull out of your ass based on something that really happened?"
Creative Nonfiction has a few names -- literature of fact, narrative journalism, docufiction, and in Hollywood it'
s coined as
Based Upon True Events. Saturday Night Fever was allegedly based on this but the article was later revealed was done by a fabulist.