National Novel Writer's Month

Be careful to stay consistent if you're using "shortcut" words, though. It irritates me no end when I go back to reread what I'm writing (during non-NaNo times) and find that half the time I used "pick up y'damn shoes" (which is how I actually talk) and the other half it's "pick up your damned shoes" (which is what my brain thinks I should say). It's different if it's a difference between characters (I do have some characters who would say "your damned" instead of "y'damn"), but it's usually not.