Agents, Assassins, Janitors, Security, Authors, and everyone else who I may have forgotten to address:
Although we do advise that you leave your sanity at the door, there are parts of it we'd like you to keep! (For this purpose, we have kindly provided an array of sporks and scalpels, located directly to your write right!)
I've noticed a disturbing trend on the 'Board at large lately that's... well, disturbing. People seem to have forgotten that among the hallmarks of a truly Good 'Fic (and therefore, a good community of writers) is mastery of the English Language. I understand that while trawling for badfic, it's easy to lose your way, but if you find yourself falling into the habit of leaving off capitals, ignoring the Common Comma, and mixing up your two, too, and to's, they're, their, and there-- is an answer. Stop reading badfic! We must beware, lest we fall into the same traps we so despise. Remember, nothing bolsters a canon against destruction like goodfic! We're not in danger of running out of 'fic to spork anytime soon, so it's okay to stop looking and assuage your brain with your favorite well-written epic from time to time. (I heartily recommend Don't Panic! and Okay, NOW Panic! for these purposes-- and of course, PPC-centric 'fics are also rather lacking in English errors.)
Now that I've rambled on a fair bit, there was an actual point to this post... ah, yes.
Please, please, please double-check your posts for grammar/spelling/syntax errors before you click "Post Message." This is, after all, a group based around writing skill; it ill becomes us to have our home base riddled with basic errors. It's okay if not every post is perfect; we all make mistakes. But a little bit of proof-reading goes a long way, and if you treat your posts as if they're important, you'll find yourself making fewer mistakes when you write 'fic.
This has been... a public... service... announcement! With guitars!
Thank you for your time; we now return to your regularly scheduled insanity!