"Rubuta" ta gaya wa tarihin na dan wasan mai shekaru 27 na Ilya Gariunov (Alexander Petrov), wanda ke zuwa da 'yanci shekaru bakwai da ɗaurin kurkuku. An zargi wanda ba daidai ba ne wanda aka yi rashin amfani da yada kwayoyi, ya samu gagarumar batun Peter na Bitrus (Ivan Yankovsky) da kuma shiga cikin fada. Dangane da sakamakon scuffle zuwa ILY, wayarsa ta fadi, tare da taimakon da yake kokarin kokarin wani. Baya ga matsalolin suna bin Goryaov bayan kurkuku, tarihin daukar fansa ya rikitar da yarinyar Peter Nina (Christina Asmus).
Marubucin Roman Dmitry Glukhovsky yi sharhi kan gaskiyar cewa na farko da tikitin ya fito yayin shari'ar ta farko ta fara shari'ar a kan dan jaridar Ivan Golunov, wanda ake zargi da rarraba magunguna. "Ina so in rubuta wani labari game da abin da ya faru. Game da abin da zai iya faruwa ga kowane. Ashe, kamar yadda labarin ɗan jaridar Ivan Golunov ya yi kama da tarihin gwarzo na littafina "rubutu" Ilya Goriunov. A zahiri, akwai wani daidaituwa na asiri da rashin daidaituwa - kamancewar sunaye, da sauran abubuwa masu suna, "in ji marubucin.