I have always wanted to write a novel, but I don't know where to even start.
Well, a Novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, why don't you start with something shorter? 
Hmmm, that's a thought, but I really had my heart set on a novel, maybe romance.
 You mean a Novel about love and relationship?
Yes, exactly. Although, I'm not much of a romantic so maybe I should pick another genre. Any suggestions?
Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally written in prose form, and which is typically published as a book.
The entire genre has been seen as having "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in classical Greece and Rome, in medieval and early modern romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella. (Since the 18th century, the term "novella", or "novelle" in German, has been used in English
is reported to have told them "I don't know where you can find one, but if you do, burn it." Copies of the book offered for sale online start at $1,300 and go up to $7,500.
Abbey's disgust with the novel was immediate. According to James M. Cahalan's biography, "Edward Abbey, A Life", he could barely get through the galleys before the book was published. He said it seemed "even worse than I had thought," too "juvenile