The phrase "a fictionalized story of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a narrative that is based on real events but has been altered or embellished for dramatic effect.
Example: "The novel is a fictionalized story of the author's childhood experiences during the war."
Alternatives: "a dramatized account of" or "a reimagined tale of".
The movie is a fictionalized story of the race to bring him to justice (Stephen Holden).
The novel is a fictionalized story of the Vietnamese cook employed by Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in Paris in the 1930's.
Shortly thereafter, a widely seen Italian movie, "Il Postino," told a fictionalized story of Neruda's playing cupid on an island during his exile, and another generation found the transformative power of language in Neruda poems, which transcend most translation.
But there is a competing version of Mr. Zuckerberg's public persona, one that is on display in the film "The Social Network," a fictionalized story of Facebook's founding that paints him as a backstabbing college student who betrayed friends and partners to assert control over Facebook.
(Cynics have suggested that the donation is a publicity stunt to polish Mr. Zuckerberg's image ahead of Friday when "The Social Network," a fictionalized story of Facebook's founding, opens in theaters. Give the guy some credit, he just gave $100 million to a needy school system).
As a result, the production uses Shakur's music to tell a fictionalized story of a young man who returns to his inner-city block after a stint in prison.
Based on interviews, oral testimonies gathered for a university history project and archival material about the Vietnam era, "Undeclared History" is the fictionalized story of a disabled veteran enrolled at Hofstra during the tumultuous days of the school's antiwar protests.
El Zorro (2005; Zorro) is a retelling of the well-known legend, and Inés del alma mía (2006; Inés of My Soul) tells the fictionalized story of Inés Suárez, the mistress of conquistador Pedro de Valdivia.
Film critics in stylish square-rimmed glasses, students, government officials, dark-suited bankers, and even retirees all pressed into the Pushkin movie theater to watch the loosely fictionalized story of one of the most controversial figures in the country's recent history -- the business tycoon Boris A. Berezovsky.
Against the Rules, which tells the fictionalized story of how I met my husband, does not.
I also compose a 50,000-word essay about my novel, novels generally, social media, friends and family, life and death, and the desperation I have to sell it, which I weave into the fictionalized story of my childhood.
