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doctor who, late club, places i write, selay'uu (sort of), this doctor who obsession is getting a little out of hand, writing
And here we are once more! Hello, everyone!
This month’s prompt is to tell about my favorite place to write.
Well, now that I’ve got everything in order, probably my bedroom. 😉
I just moved from one of the intended bedrooms to an improvised room in the basement. One wall is made entirely out of carefully-arranged bookshelves, and the doorway is a tension rod with a curtain. My clothes hang on a series of kitchen storage racks (which, instead of the typical silver, are a dark brown bronzy color) and my desk is one of those really dark-wood affairs right up next to the window, which I can keep open whenever it’s warm as long as I like–it gets cold down here otherwise. 😉
All in all, it looks like something out of the Eighth Doctor’s TARDIS, which is absolutely fantastic, it’s probably my favorite of all the TARDIS interiors. Don’t get me wrong, I love Nine and Ten’s TARDIS, with its organic look and the feel that it’s a real living ship and entirely alien, and I like Eleven’s later TARDIS interior too; it looks really really Gallifreyan! but I really like Eight’s TARDIS the best. Books everywhere! The ordered chaos, clutter, armchairs, and candles that make it feel really lived-in. It just feels right for the Eighth Doctor, who is always wondering if he’s losing his mind or something else, misplacing things, and has nearly eight hundred years of clutter that seriously needs tidying up. He’s so scattered, it’s somewhat sad, but it’s also reassuring–that sense that the Doctor can be so human.
Sorry about the rant. I might be–just a teeny bit–obsessed.
Anyway, here, have some pictures:
Concept art. It looks like a gentleman scientist’s mausoleum, doesn’t it? Something out of the eighteenth century. 😉
This is the best view I could find of Eight’s TARDIS interior, showing the console very well, I think.
And here’s a little bit of a shot showing the bookshelves–not very well. Hey, he cleaned up! When did he clean up?!
Interestingly, I just discovered that Eight’s console looks a lot like Eleven’s, though the rest of the interior is totally different:
Here’s Eleven in his second TARDIS interior. Geronimo!
ANYWAYS. I also like to write and draw outdoors, but only when I’m not being bothered by big bad bugs. The patio is great for this–up until recently, there was moss all over the place. Then my little sister got into it. -_- Ruined the whole thing.
My mind palace is, inside, even more like Eight’s TARDIS, if that’s even possible, except that the decor is not just bronze but also owls and dragons as well. I tend to just write any old place there, so long as Anakin’s not around to bother me, but my favorites are the vault, the cathedral room, the gardens and the brook. Sometimes I even envision a replica of Eight’s TARDIS gardens because why not and also it annoys him. (One time I didn’t get anything done because Eight and I were chasing each other with dandelions and fake cabbages the whole time. For someone almost a thousand years old, he takes things way too seriously.)
Oh, and by the way…
Erin out.
Your room sounds splendid in an odd sort of way. Rather like Wizard Fenworth’s library, or Howl’s castle. Though the idea of opening a window to make the inside of the house warmer is amusing- that’s something I’ve never had to do.
And, if you’ll forgive my asking . . . how exactly do you write in a place in your mind palace? You can write in a physical place, I get that. And I get that your mind is somewhere else when you’re writing- but I’d think it’d be in the story world, not your mind palace. (Or that’s where my mind usually is, I think.) Or am I just taking mind palaces the wrong way?
Well, the mind palace itself is an organization technique. But of course I can’t be bothered to just stop there… I sometimes envision different rooms to try and eliminate distractions from the place I’m actually in. It works fairly well in the doctor’s office or at work, as long as there’s no sound (like a TV or radio) playing in the background. At home, though–it’s not as effective. That’s all about minimizing internal distractions.
It’s also very helpful for trying to fall asleep in an unfamiliar place.
Ahhhh. That does make sense. Thanks for explaining.
You’re welcome :-3
Woohoo! Yay for basement dwellers, and thanks so much for coming along! I’m kind of weirdly happy that your room looks like the TARDIS… don’t know why. Mine looks Templar… which makes me happy too.
We really really realllllly need to get Sarah watching His Last Vow.
Of course it looks like the TARDIS! It’s even the sort of motley, haphazard place where Eight goes to snatch a few hours’ rest 😉 I don’t dare to call it a bedroom. he’s too… mphhhh, he might use a bed but I feel like he might also fall asleep in stranger places, if you know what I mean. He probably spends more time using it as a study than to rest. (Canonically–Gallifreyans only need a few hours of sleep each night, which is weird, but I’d put it up to having more processing space upstairs.)
For me, bedroom (shared with Squink) or the family’s unbelievably cluttered desk. Though outside is nice. When Bullwinkle doesn’t come up and decide to lick my head. XD
So, the mind palace thing. What’s the deal with that? I’ve heard some stuff, but… yeah, what’s it about?
X-D Diamond used to try to climb into my lap when I was writing downstairs, before he died.
Mind palace is a mental organization technique. You visualize a building and sorting the information you need to remember into the various rooms. For instance, I have separate work areas for different novels I’m working on, but those are strictly for worldbuilding. There’s so much in them that even when I’ve just tidied them up they’re distracting.I tend to leave for a different setting when I’m actually writing–I build a distraction-free mental picture to keep the distractions outside from getting to me. The mind palace technique can even help you remember things you thought you’d forgotten. You just have to keep looking for it and take note of every little fact you find along the way. I also have to use a similar technique to get back in control when I feel like I’m going to have a panic attack or a meltdown or something along those lines.
I first heard about it on “Sherlock.”
Aaww… ❤ Yeah, Gilligan was a lot more polite than Bullwinkle, usually. 😛
Oh, cool! Might have to try that sometime.
X-P
It was more annoying than cute at the time. He was huge and had long nails.
I know. XP Toenails are a bit of a problem with cuddly dogs…
Ouch!