I shan't be attempting NaNoWriMo this year. I have too much other stuff on.

In trying to work out where the apostrophe(s) go[es] in the contraction of 'shall not', I was reminded of my one-time housemate who claimed that 'shall' was the 'strongest word in the language' because it lacked a negation: he felt that due to its association with petulant middle-class girls 'shan't' was not valid for use. Just thought I'd share that with you.