fictionalize

IPA: fˈɪkʃʌnʌɫaɪz

To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods
To convert something into a novel or other dramatic work

Examples of "fictionalize" in Sentences

Bush's press secretaries I understand were not at all involved and had to fictionalize as they went.
Then I kind of fictionalize them or change them and find different ways to approach my real life experience.
That is, I had to fictionalize him a little because I was too small to remember every little detail about him.
The question that came straight into my mind was: why choose to fictionalize the lives of people still living?
The producers understandably air a disclaimer that, despite their research, they were forced to fictionalize part of their movie.
I always felt the story of this trio was a fabulous one and in those days, when I still liked the idea of writing novels, I longed to fictionalize their love triangle.
I suspect that El Cid knows that and is pointing out that all this is possible without feeling as though there is some kind of obligation to fictionalize that duBois seems to think that there is in the service of “art.”