I want to patent an intellectual property(idea for a novel)help!!!!?

running low on money ,want to sell an idea 4 a novel.help!!!

To patent an intellectual property, seek a patent lawyer. You want to patent an idea for a novel? I've written 6 books; I think what you're looking for is a book deal with cash advance (I get paid half on signing and half on total manuscript submission -- the contract states a deadline for completing the manuscript). Have you ever been published? Do you have experience as a writer? Contact publishers in the genre you're looking to publish in. Book writing, like American Idol, is full of people who believe they got the goods, but need to follow through and prove they can do the job, succeed, and have people pay for the privilege experiencing it. If you're not published, they'll probably want the outline and first three chapters -- if you're not fleshed out this far, you'll need to be. "It's a romantic comedy about Siamese twins in Prohibition-Era Chicago on the wrong side of the law" ain't enough detail.

I don't know if they are still legal but try a "poor man's patent"
It used to be if you mailed yourself something, the date the post office stamped on it is proof of when it was written. Check into it, and please don't take just my word on it.

You cannot patent an idea for a story. You will have copyright once you publish the novel - this is granted automatically to all published works.

If you are worried about sending a synopsis to a publisher in case they copy the idea, remember that the synopsis itself is copyright; if you can show they used that on which to base a book, then that book would be a derivitive work, which is protected under copyright law.