To write a book/novel

I'd love to write a book or a novel...

As well as aspiring to be a Journalist, for some reason I'd find it rather interesting to either write a book or a novel. There is a difference, which I just researched: apparently, a novel is normally fictional whereas a book can be that of fiction or non fiction, but for some reason a book can't then be novel?

Moving on, I'd love to write a book or a novel, I'd prefer to write a novel as being fictional can be anything, can be imaginative, more creative than that of a non fictional book. I can write for hours, perhaps 'babbling' on, but if I planned a novel for example it would therefore follow some sort of storyline. I am not sure of the genre I would like to write in, but I prefer genres along the lines of romance or perhaps mystery (but not the sort of Sherlock Holmes, more the sort of mystery when a character is unknown, but then introduced into some sort of twist in the novel itself). I suppose a novella would be quite interesting to write - a short novel in other words. A novella generally retains more highly developed characterization and more luxuriant descriptions than that of a novel. I once read a novella called 'Lifted Veil' by the famous Mary Ann Evans, otherwise well known for her pen name George Eliot. 'The Lifted Veil' was a lovely novella exploring the science behind Precognition and the life living with such 'power' and know how, that any other would not be able to visit.

Enough of explanations of types of reading matter... I would love to write any sort of literature, I love writing, I love being imaginative - even though my imagination has limitations and can sometimes 'babble', I feel once writing it could perhaps venture into something exciting, something creative. However I do feel writing a book or a novel would require more intelligence, one day I hope I'll be able to!