Looking for advise on writing a novel.

If you have a deep understanding of life or tasted some uncommon experience, you would accumulate a lot of words in your heart and wanna tell others something. At this time, what you write will attract others. If you don't have such feeling yet, face the life and feel the emotion for different people around the world. And try to understand kinds of people in history. Once you have a thorough understanding of others, your story will certainly move others.

THe best advice I can give you is to just get your story down on paper. Do not stop until you have finished writing it. Go back and make changes later. If you stop to edit before you have finished the story you will NEVER finish the story. I know it is hard to do but it's the best thing to do. Don't worry about grammar and spelling. You can fix that when you edit. And believe me you will edit. I am on my sixth edit of my novel. I asked a published author, Robert Sawyer, how many drafts he does on his books and he says anywhere from 4 to 9 drafts. If you are not good with grammar and spelling you can give your finished manuscript to someone to read for you, someone who is good with grammar and spelling as well as knowing a good story. My friends in my writing group always turn to me for grammar help. So get the story out first and worry about perfection later.

What I would recommend is getting a feel for what type of story do you want to write. Most genres of literature have specific conventions that publishers look for (there is freedom to break "the rules" but if you do you better be an already legendary writer, prolific with language, or have a benevolent publisher) and they expect you to follow them. That includes grammar, but for your purposes, I'd focus on characterization, plot, and dialogue. What are your characters' motivation? What do they want? Also, you should work to establish 1-2 conflicts for your character...conflict can also weave into the plot or be the plot to your story or novel. Then, when you have suitable characters and conflict, introduce your characters to situations that show, not tell, their characteristics or personality traits and foibles. In doing so, make realistic dialogue and invigorating imagery that captivates your audience and that you enjoy. Read your story aloud. After doing all of this, either type your story into a word processing program or use spellcheck. Then go over every line looking for grammar. If you choose to publish, there are some editors who will not even entertain a manuscript filled with errors, but editors are human and realize that you are human too, and can accept a few (I emphasize a few) grammatical mistakes such as commas, but if you feel confused about rules, there are rules to English grammar websites that you can find. But when writing stories, grammar (at first) should be the least of your worries. Thanks for asking such an important question in the field of writing, and I hope that you can write a story you enjoy and want to share with others.