The Lathe of Heaven. The main character is able to change reality through his dreams, he doesn’t particularly like that though.
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Long Division by Keise Laymon
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This one is good, but sorry of tangential to what you are asking for. The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackworth. Unwritten/unfinished stories long to be told. Until they are finished, they are unstable and characters can escape. They are stored in the library of hell. It is the librarian’s job to return characters when that happens. The story has several characters which are written into existence, but the main character can’t write dragon and have it do the fighting for her, for example.
FloridaFlamingoGirl on
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones is exactly what you’re looking for. A girl comes up with elaborate fantasy stories to cope with trauma; and they all become real.
Powerful-Tonight8648 on
Harold and the Purple Crayon! (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)
Clear-Journalist3095 on
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. It’s about a bookbinder who makes the characters literally come to life when he reads aloud.
Clear-Journalist3095 on
Duma Key by Stephen King. The main character paints pictures and they become real.
PogueBlue on
Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint.
A story about giving your life to art and creating and how it can consume you, especially if your art comes alive.
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The Lathe of Heaven. The main character is able to change reality through his dreams, he doesn’t particularly like that though.
Long Division by Keise Laymon
This one is good, but sorry of tangential to what you are asking for. The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackworth. Unwritten/unfinished stories long to be told. Until they are finished, they are unstable and characters can escape. They are stored in the library of hell. It is the librarian’s job to return characters when that happens. The story has several characters which are written into existence, but the main character can’t write dragon and have it do the fighting for her, for example.
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones is exactly what you’re looking for. A girl comes up with elaborate fantasy stories to cope with trauma; and they all become real.
Harold and the Purple Crayon! (Sorry, couldn’t resist!)
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. It’s about a bookbinder who makes the characters literally come to life when he reads aloud.
Duma Key by Stephen King. The main character paints pictures and they become real.
Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint.
A story about giving your life to art and creating and how it can consume you, especially if your art comes alive.