how to use avisynth for beginners

[flashmaster]

hi i am really stuck on avisynth...i am just at the basics and i try to follow what i read but i only get so far then i get stuck. i try to copy and paste others scripts that has been posted here even to test it and it never works. now i am pulling out what hair i have left.

i am trying to remaster old 8mm films, i can so so much with virtualdub i can do the basic script for avisynth that will play in virtualdub or AvsPmod but once i try to copy and paste a script it fails at every step

any help is needed

many thanks

p.s i am lucky to get to even post this...about 8 tries because of the random question thing