I recently had the great joy of watching Lilies on The Land, which was staged by our local excellent amateur theatre company, The Chameleon Theatre Group. I then reviewed it for online magazine, Chandler's Ford Today.
Lilies was an interesting play because it is a story made up of stories, all based on the real life experiences of the Women's Land Army (aka the land girls). The stories were collected via letters, interviews etc and The Lions wrote Lilies based on this information.
It is a great case of non-fiction inspiring fictional work. The Lilies characters were invented but based on solid fact. Some fictional liberty was taken in enabling the characters to communicate with each other. But it all worked so well. It was believable. All stories must have that believability even if set in the most fantastical settings.
Let's hear it for stories in all formats inspired by non-fiction!