diff --git a/scripts/new-post.sh b/scripts/new-post.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+    
+set -eu
+
+REPOSITORY_BASE=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)  # get the absolute base directory of this repository
+
+read -p "Enter the post slug: " POST_SLUG
+read -p "Create directory? (y/N) " CREATE_DIR
+echo
+
+(
+    cd $REPOSITORY_BASE
+    if [[ "$CREATE_DIR" == [Yy]* ]]; then
+        OUTPUT_PATH="site/blog/$POST_SLUG/content.md"
+        mkdir -vp $(dirname $OUTPUT_PATH)
+    else
+        OUTPUT_PATH="site/blog/$POST_SLUG.md"
+    fi
+
+    cp -v site/blog/_template.md $OUTPUT_PATH
+)
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