Yoon Yi-soo is the writer of the web novel which became the original source material for currently airing hit youth sageuk Moonlight Drawn By Clouds. Moonlight Drawn By Clouds is a romance story about Crown Prince Hyomyeong (aka Lee Yeong, played by Park Bo-gum) and Hong Ra-on (played by Kim Yoo-Jung), a courageous girl disguised as a palace eunuch.
“Moonlight Drawn By Clouds is a special project for her since she started working on it in secretly for eight months after giving birth of her son. She had promised her husband to focus on child-rearing for two to three years, however, after eight months, she felt isolated and vanishing from the world. And started writing Moonlight Drawn By Clouds.”
Moonlight is her first web-based novel. The first chapter of the web novel was published on Naver in October 2013. Since then, it has accrued more than 5.4 million views, and the five-book paperback version has sold more than 250,000 copies.
“As of now, she have published twelve romance novels, but Moonlight Drawn By Clouds was the one she poured her heart and soul into. Even though she was tired physically and mentally while writing it, her heart warmed each week when the novel rose in the rankings. Thankfully, it was loved by readers until the end.”
With Moonlight Drawn By Clouds being such a huge success that it was adapted into a television show, it’s surprising that she did receive that type of negative treatment. So far the drama has held onto the number one rank in its time slot, breaking the coveted 20% ratings bar for the past couple weeks. KBS even wanted to extend it, due to its massive popularity.
When asked about the drama, she said, “she laugh and weep while watching it because she watch it from the perspective of a regular viewer. She view the drama and her web novel as entirely separate. Although her novel provided the basic groundwork for it, the drama is completely a production of the PD and the screenwriters. She's just a fellow fan. While watching the tenth episode, tears fell from her eyes when Ra-on was crying onscreen. She said "the actors are really superb.”
Her writing process is thorough because she wants to convey the best story possible for her readers. “Before she write a novel, she research carefully and extensively. She always listen to lectures on the traditions and ceremonies of the royal palace. She ask questions to cultural experts. She meet with historians, and look at ancient records at the library. She feel like she should know the historical context correctly in order to present it to her readers.”
Her passion for writing really shows in the Korean Drama "Love in the Moonlight (Moonlight drawn by Clouds). Thank you!
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