In this masterclass for beginner authors, you will analyze prose as meticulously as Leo Tolstoy did with his students. Daria Yeremeyeva, an employee of the State Museum of L.N. Tolstoy and the author of a book about the creative laboratory of Tolstoy and Chekhov, will explain how the "kitchen" of outstanding prose writers is arranged. The conversation will focus on specific techniques that you can immediately apply to your texts. The session will discuss composition, working with point of view, nuances of direct speech, and title selection. How to build a scene so that it drives the plot instead of becoming a beautiful but empty description? How to make a line expressive without overloading it with adjectives? How to use contrasts to make the conflict sound sharper and more honest? Each point will be supported by examples from the practices of great authors and contemporary texts. The masterclass is suitable for those taking their first steps in prose, running a blog, or writing stories. By the end of the meeting, participants will have their own set of working tools: checklists for editing, an understanding of how to plan a text, and where to find expressiveness. If you don't know where to walk in Moscow, check out KudaGo.