Does anyone have any advice on how to get this started? I am at a stand still

Question

File: banner.py
Date: 12/6/15 Purpose: To write a program that prints a sideways banner.
The characters A-Z and .,!?& are in a file in a seven line by whatever
width necessary. Each text is separated by a blank from the next letter Ex.) ###
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## ## # so the letter A has to be flipped and produced horizontally. # so if "yum" was entered as a phrase, it would print "yum" sideways

def main(): 

    print("Program to print a sideways banner.")     
    print("The letters and specials are in a file")     
    print("You will be asked to enter the name of a file.")     
    print("Written by John Doe")     
    fileName = input(Enter the name of a file: ")     
    print()     
    phrase = ("Enter phrase to print: ")      

Answer 1

To get started, check out this stackoverflow question/answers. See what you can get out from that, play around with the code, do some research. And maybe check out the answers to this programming puzzle to get some ideas. Good luck :)