fic·tion·al·ize fictionalizes fictionalizing fictionalized in BRIT, also use fictionalise To fictionalize an account of something that really happened means to tell it as a story, with some details changed or added. We had to fictionalize names. a fictionalised account of a true and horrific story. to make a film or story about a real event, changing some details and adding some imaginary characters
convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event"
{i} transforming into a fictional narrative; writing in a fictional format; written literary work based on fact but written as though it was fiction (also fictionalisation)