How to Get Started Writing Articles About Your Scripts

Scripting Pro VIP is a publication by the people who write scripts, for the people who write scripts. Thus, we encourage people in the IT trenches to submit articles about the scripts they use in their jobs because these scripts can often help others.

For some people, the idea of writing an article for the first time might seem more intimidating than writing a script for the first time. Typically, the most difficult part is getting started. If you've ever thought about writing an article but weren't sure how to proceed, I hope the following information will help you take that leap from thinking about writing to putting pen to paper, so to speak.

As you probably know, Scripting Pro VIP publishes articles about scripts and code snippets (functions, subroutines, or other blocks of code) written in a variety of scripting languages, including VBScript, JScript, PowerShell, and Windows shell scripting (.bat and .cmd). After you decide which script or code snippet you'd like to write about, follow these steps: . . .