The phrase "a number of fictional" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to multiple fictional entities, such as characters, stories, or works of literature.
Example: "In her latest book, the author introduces a number of fictional characters that resonate with readers."
Alternatives: "several fictional" or "various fictional".
The Gidding screenplay follows what is known in the motion picture industry as a "Grand Hotel" formula, developing a number of fictional characters and subplots involving them.
Its disadvantage may be the daring concept, in which a number of fictional horror story characters – Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and Dorian Gray – are living in Victorian London.
Instead of imagining a number of fictional campaigns the Women Institute could become involved in, Mangan would have done better delving into its fascinating history.
In her Héroïnes (1925; "Heroines" [a complete English translation appears in the exhibition catalogue Inverted Odysseys: Claude Cahun, Maya Deren, Cindy Sherman]), Cahun reconceived the lives of a number of fictional, biblical, and mythological female characters, among them Delilah, Judith, Salome, Helen of Troy, Cinderella, and Sappho.
A number of fictional works can be legitimately called "philosophical" because they are thought provoking about issues that works of philosophy explicitly deal with.
Parker was the inspiration for a number of fictional characters in several plays of her day.
Such arbitrary, unilluminating comparisons could be drawn between any real person and any number of fictional characters.
The article also identifies a number of fancier fictional homes including the Jeffersons' "deluxe apartment in the sky" at 85th Street and Third Avenue).
He is one of a number of outrageous fictional characters that Britain has let loose on the world during the past few decades.
A number of his fictional protagonists, including Charles Strickland in "The Moon and Sixpence" and Larry Darrell in "The Razor's Edge," were hopeless wanderers with sharp eyes, and so was their author.
Camus describes a number of absurdist fictional characters and activities, including Don Juan and Dostoevsky's Kirolov (The Possessed), theater, and literary creation.
