Trying to weld, I’m terrible!

I am no expert but a few things I have learned are to have a clean ground and I have even used an additional ground wire between pieces I am welding. Work close to your power supply and use only heavy extension cord or better yet, welding cable when you can't. Make sure your gas flow isn't set too high. There are many good tutorials on YouToob. I like a guy called Tim Welds. Very informative. Good luck.