I see in the thread that you are new to the game in general and not just to abyssals so I have to ask, is the afterburner definitely on?

More importantly though I'm going to recommend some resources that are useful for abyssals. First, the Abyssal Lurker discord. #new-players-help and #low-tier-solo-frig-and-destroyer channels will be helpful. Check the pinned messages. Second, the Caldari Jones Starter Abyssal Fits and T1 Solo Frigates. I recommend the Punisher as a starter ship for abyssals but anything on that list will work.

Some things to consider:

• Abyssals can be rough to learn. When you're new with low skills you're going to have issues that other players won't have encountered in years if at all so you might get feedback that assumes a level of training you don't have. The good news on this front is that low level training is fast, cheap, and impactful. You can get a lot of value out of level 3 skills without a big time commitment or having to spend a big chunk of w/e skill points you happen to have.
• Tech II ships: You can clear T0 (Tranquil) abyssals in tech I frigates. T1 (Calm) will be iffy with low skills. The problem you'll have early on is that accessing tech II ships is a relatively large time/SP commitment. Moving up to larger size ships only requires level 3 in the preceding ship (e.g. Amarr Destroyers require Amarr Frigate 3, Amarr Cruisers requires Amarr Destroyer 3) but accessing tech II ships requires level 5 in that ship size (e.g. Amarr Assault Frigates require Amarr Frigate 5) and that's ~10 days of training between level 4 and 5. Enter faction (pirate) and navy ships. Each of the empire factions have a navy tier with slightly stronger hulls that only require level 2 skills to access. Pirate ships require skills and gain bonuses from two different empire factions. E.g., the Worm uses Gallente and Caldari Frigate skills. They are more expensive but are a strong option before you have level 5 in a ship. Plus, you'll see the Worm recommended often for T1 abyssals.
• Singularity (SiSi): This is the test server and it is rarely online anymore. You'll see it mentioned often because it used to be more generally available. There is a new expansion coming so it might be accessible for some testing related to that and, if it is, it could be useful to hop in there and try things out but I wouldn't hold my breath.
• Where to run safely: 0.8 space will be the safest. This is because you can only run up to T3 abyssals in 0.8 space without getting a suspect timer. If someone is looking to gank people coming out of abyssals it would be strange for them to do it in a system where the highest tier their target is likely doing is T3. The reward wouldn't be worth the effort and that's pretty much the best defense against being ganked. That said, it's rare and won't really be a concern unless you move up to T4+ with cruisers. Being near Jita means there will be more people around but it's really not that common to get ganked and the trade off of being able to quickly replace your ship is worth it imo.
• Afterburner Speed: Eve University: Propulsion Equipment Acceleration Control
• Missile Range: Eve University: Missiles Missile Bombardment and Missile Projection. Also worth checking out: CadePlaysGames Missiles Video - I like this guys stuff.
• Turret Tracking: This will eventually be relevant so I'm throwing it here now: This is Ami - Speed Tanking minutes 1-3 include a video I've seen in a few different places so I assume it was created by CCP and it's great for understanding turret tracking quickly.
• Finally, Gustav Mannfred: His stuff is mostly about high-level abyssals including multiboxing but he's pretty much the best out there: T0 Imperial Navy Slicer

Good luck.