There are between 500,000 and 1 million words in the English language depending on how you classify words (i.e., include/exclude proper nouns, technical jargon, slang, etc.). The average adult uses between 10,000-60,000. So, spruce up! There are some seriously under-utilized words out there just begging to be used.
Story Structure Diagram | Chris Andrews
I like this as a general guide to novel structure. However many resources I've read warn against getting too locked into a single script or pattern like this. Sometimes you need to save the climax for the last two pages, and sometimes you need the action to start on the first page (and fill in 'setup' stuff later). More