As a writer, I can not stress enough to invest in a good notebook and either a cross fountain pen,Parkers pen or Montblanc pen. Besides being well prepared, there’s other necessities to be able to create your craft as a writer. Some might be more common than others, but every little tip counts and might help you a bit further in your journey. And remember, you are not bound to any given advice, as the most important thing is that you enjoy.

Writer’s block

Let’s get straight to the point and pull the heavy guns out: writer’s block. I’m pretty sure that every writer at one point, and probably more often than just once, has experienced one. For me personally I might encounter one every now and then and the best tip I can give you from my own experience is: accept it. I know that you might want to hit me in the face for this piece of advice, but honestly accepting is the first thing towards change. We can not at all times be flowing with creativity, whether it is because of a certain situation that happened or you just emptied your juices for the moment.

The most important thing is to try and work yourself out of a writer’s block, gently. One of the most common tips is reading. Read a book, read poetry, read a script, read the instructions on how to cook your food, read the ingredients on the back of your shampoo bottle, just read. It might trigger new insights or maybe you discover a new word that you want to experiment with. No matter how small or big the impact, reading truly helps. Another good tip is to listen to podcasts or spoken word, the topic doesn’t matter. The way people speak, especially with spoken word, is motivational and might motivate you to try out new things.

Safe space

Create a safe space for yourself and I don’t only mean this in a physical way. More importantly than having a space where you can write, is having a support system that you feel safe enough to share your art with. This might be your friends but I highly recommend that you also find people that write as well so that you can discuss your work with them without judgement. This way you can critique each other’s art and help each other grow. Maybe you can start a writer’s club or maybe there’s one that exists already and that you can join.

Okay, back to the physical aspect of a safe space. I think this is most important for writers that are just discovering their passion and skills. Writing is something very intimate and personal so it is imaginable that starters first want to enjoy their craft in private, before sharing it with others. Maybe your bedroom might be good enough for you, as long as you have a place where you can calmly write without being bothered. This means for every other space as well: as long as you know you won’t be bothered by anyone, you should feel comfortable enough to write.

When a hefty dosage of high-energy radiation passes through your body and reaches your interior organs, you get radiation sickness. It happens even faster when you don’t have any radiation shielding. 

The sickness, which is appropriately known as acute radiation syndrome, was called after the World War II atomic bombs by doctors. It’s unclear how many of the 150,000 to 250,000 persons murdered in the assaults succumbed to radiation poisoning. However, the number was estimated to be in the hundreds or thousands at the time.

Radiation illness has claimed the lives of roughly 50 individuals since then. This includes the 28 employees and firefighters who died in the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. Acute radiation sickness was detected in over 100 people at Chernobyl, although they all lived.

The majority of those who died due to it worked as scientists or technicians at nuclear power facilities in the United States or the Soviet Union during the Cold War. However, three employees in Japan were exposed to radiation during an atomic fuel explosion in 1999, and two of them perished. After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, no incidences of radiation illness were documented.

Basics of Radiation

The quantity of radiation that your body receives is measured in sieverts, an international unit (Sv). When you’re exposed to more than 500 millisieverts (mSv), or half a sievert, you get radiation sickness symptoms. A dose of Sv of more than 4 to 5 is likely to be deadly. Workers exposed to radiation at Chernobyl had doses ranging from 700 mSv to 13 Sv.

Natural radiation may be found in the air, water, and objects such as brick and granite. You usually only acquire approximately three mSv (3 one-thousandths of a sievert) of radiation from these natural sources in a year.

Man-made sources of radiation, such as X-rays, contribute around 3 mSv to the total. A CT (computerized tomography) scan, which consists of several X-rays obtained from various angles, produces roughly 10 mSv. Nuclear workers are not authorized to be exposed to more than 50 millisieverts per year.

What is the first indicator of an excessive amount of radiation?

The most frequent early symptoms of radiation sickness are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, as they are for many other disorders. They might appear minutes after exposure, although they may last for many days. If you have these symptoms after a radiation emergency, get medical attention as soon as it is safe to do so.

You might also get skin damage, such as severe sunburn, blisters, or sores. Radiation may also harm the cells that produce hair, resulting in hair loss. Hair loss may be permanent in certain circumstances.

Symptoms might last anywhere from a few hours to weeks before completely disappearing. When they return, though, they are usually in a worse state.

Medications

Radiation may harm your stomach and intestines, as well as your blood vessels and bone marrow, which produces blood cells. The quantity of disease-fighting white blood cells in your body is reduced when your bone marrow is damaged. As a consequence, infections or internal bleeding kills the majority of persons who die from radiation illness.

Your doctor will make every effort to assist you in fighting infections. To restore lost blood cells, they may provide blood transfusions. They may also prescribe medicine to aid in the recovery of your bone marrow. They may also attempt a transplant.

They will also provide you with fluids and treat any other injuries you may have, such as burns. Radiation illness may take up to two years to recover from. 

However, you’ll still be at risk for additional health issues once you’ve recovered. That is why preventing the adverse radiation effect with radiation shielding is often a wise option.