Write In Yellow · Mock-ups · 6 October 2026

A first-timer's path to a finished novel

Seven phone screens follow one beginner from the welcome screen to day 52 of 90. Links between screens jump along the path. These are static design mock-ups, not a working app.

1 · WelcomeThe joke opens the door; the second line makes the promise.

Write In Yellow

What makes us different?

Well, it's yellow.

And every word is yours.

A writing coach that takes you from a blank page to a finished first novel in 90 days. It asks, shows and teaches. You write.

I already have an idea

Free to start. No card needed.

2 · InterviewThe coach asks questions. The writer's answers build the story card.

Step 1 of 3 · Interview

Save and exit

Let's find your story. Think of a romance you loved. What would you change about it?

I love second-chance stories, but I want the heroine to be the grumpy one for once.

A grumpy heroine and a second chance. Where are they when they meet again?

What we know so far

Trope

Second chance

Heroine

The grumpy one

Setting

Still deciding

Your answer

3 · Outline togetherPremise and chapter plan on one page, with gaps the coach will ask about.

Step 2 of 3 · Outline together

Your book on one page

Working title

The Second Bake

Ten years after she left town, Nell comes home to run her late aunt's bakery, right next door to the man she left at the altar.

24 chapters · 3 acts

Act 1 shown

Nell comes home

The bakery, the town, the empty flat upstairs

The shop next door

First sight of Tom in ten years

The will

The bakery comes with a condition

Not decided yet

The coach will ask you about this one

Start chapter 1

4 · Example, then rewriteA short example shows one technique. The writer rewrites it in their own words.

Chapter 1 · Nell comes home

Open on a small, specific action

Coach's example

Not part of your book

Nell turned the key twice before the lock gave, the way it always had, and the smell of yeast hit her like a hand on the shoulder.

First mark: one physical action puts us in the scene.

Second mark: a smell carries the memory, so you don't need to explain it.

Now write your own opening

Use the technique, not the words. Your Nell, your door.

Examples left in this chapter: 2

You: 41 words

Keep writing chapter 1

5 · Writing sessionDaily target and streak. "Stuck?" asks a question; it never writes the next line.

Chapter 3 of 24

The will

23-day streak

Today

612 of 1,000 words

The solicitor's office smelled of carpet cleaner and other people's grief. Nell sat with her hands in her lap and listened to him read her aunt's last wishes in a voice like a weather forecast.

"The property passes to Eleanor Price," he said, "on the condition that she operates the bakery for no fewer than twelve months."

Twelve months. Next door to Tom

Stuck? The coach will ask you a question to get you moving. It won't write the next line for you.

Done today

6 · Craft feedbackHighlighter marks on the draft, each linked to a short lesson.

Chapter 3 · Feedback

Two marks on today's pages

The solicitor's office smelled of carpet cleaner and other people's grief.¹ Nell sat with her hands in her lap. She felt nervous and sad about seeing Tom again.²

Keep this. It works.

An unexpected pairing tells us the mood without naming it. This is the technique from chapter 1, in your own words.

Show it, don't name it

You tell us Nell is nervous. What does her body do when she hears his name?

3-minute lesson: showing emotion

Save and finish

7 · Progress to the finishExamples fade chapter by chapter until the writer works alone.

The Second Bake