Since I’m on a posting rampage I thought I’d compile some beginner links. Feel free to offer others I may have missed.
Emily Short’s Introduction to IF (pdf):
inform-fiction.org/I7Downloads/E … onToIF.pdf
The IFWiki FAQ for beginners:
Jess Knoch’s Getting Started Guide (circa 2002):
strangebreezes.com/if/writings/newbie.htm
Fredrik Ramsberg’s Beginner’s Guide to Playing IF:
The iFAQ:
plover.net/~textfire/raiffaq/ifaq/
Brass Lantern’s Beginner’s Resources: