Originally Posted by: ScottMoneyhttp://www.makubex.com/

Read steve vai's mini-lessons. If you work those, and know you're scales, you'll be on your way

Yeah know your scales. And experiment with them, try improvising or making up things on the spot with them. For a begginner this means plays random notes in the scale at first. Later as you know what you're doing more, you'll start to have to more structure in your melodies and stuff.