It's common to make mistakes when joining an organization for the first time. Since we have a lot of newbies at the moment, I thought now would be a good time to put this out there.

So these are important things to remember when joining the PPC community:

1. Read the FAQs. Specifically FAQ: The Board, FAQ: For Newbies, and FAQ: About Permission. Much of what I'm going to say here is covered on those three documents.

2. Use proper spelling and grammar. We understand the occasional typo, or your phone glitching out, or not being a native speaker, but we pride ourselves on good writing, and part of that is making an effort to have good spelling and grammar. Plus, it makes you look smarter. :)

3. Don't post too many threads at once. Any questions you have can be asked on your introductory thread. Every time a new thread is started, another old thread gets pushed off the Board, so we try to consolidate threads as much as possible. In the same vein...

4. You don't have to post every badfic you see, nor do you have to start a new thread for it. We usually have a badfic report thread going around, you can use that.

5. Boarders are not agents. Boarders are people who post on the Board, who create characters who are agents.

6. You cannot write for the PPC immediately upon joining. You must wait to get Permission to write from a Permission Giver, and you won't get Permission when you first join. The criteria for Permission are:

- Having been part of the community for some time, long enough for everyone to get to know you. Roughly a few months, depending on your activity level.

- A sample of your writing. This is so we can make sure that you are a good writer. It would kind of be hypocritical if we claimed to be against bad writing and then had badly written stories.

- Agent bios. This is so we can tell if your agents are going to be Sues/Stus. Again, if we didn't, we could get hypocritical.

- A fic to spork. This should be last thing you worry about.

7. Also, you don't need to have Permission to have a good time in this community. Some people wait years, or never get it at all!


I hope this was informative. If I didn't welcome you, welcome, and I hope you have fun here!