It's got to be one of the basics. There's no magic involved.
Unfortunately, all we can do is tell you to "check" and all you can do is "look" and say "it's fine." Being a novice you don't necessarily know what you're looking at, or what is "fine" so it makes troubleshooting complicated.
Pull the #1 (front) spark plug and find top dead center on the compression stroke. Put your finger in the hole and manually crank the engine over until you feel air pushing out the hole, then shine a light in there and watch for the piston to come up to the hole. Move it back and forth with the fan blade until the piston is at its highest point.
Now follow the #1 spark plug wire back to the distributor and make note of which tower it is connected to. Remove the cap and hopefully the rotor contact will be directly under that tower. That means you're in time.
When you pull a spark plug after trying to start, is it wet or dry?
Does the spark plug spark when you attach it to the wire and crank the engine over with the plug laid against the block?
Are you using choke when you try to start? If yes, try without. If no, try giving it some choke.
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