Anti-coaching is an invaluable gift for those who want to create works of fiction. Thousands of literary coaches offer schemes: how to write, following successful authors. But not a single coach has written a single bestseller, and not a single bestseller in the world is written according to their templates. Dmitry Miropolsky, a recognized master of intellectual prose, author of best-selling historical adventure novels, analyzes in detail the most common writing mistakes. His book, built according to the laws of classical drama, summarizes the experience of many famous Russian and foreign writers, including Nobel Prize laureates......and most importantly, a fascinating excursion into the history and practice of world literature shows that it is impossible to repeat someone else's success. But you can achieve your own success if you learn how NOT to write. Anti-coaching gives everyone the opportunity to become the author of a truly good book.