Writer Lee Hayoung said that she has paid special attention to other people's books and bookcases. Whether it is going to the professor's office, visiting the artist's painting workshop or the musician's music room, she always discovers an interesting book.
In addition to his career as a journalist and writer, Lee Hayoung is also a passionate about the world of cinema. The female author believes that movies allow her to indirectly experience strange lives and meet people she has never been in contact with.
Therefore, she is especially interested in characters who are readers, writers and bookmakers appearing in each film, then does not forget to use a pen to record her own emotions.
According to writer Lee Hayoung, in films, the image of book editors often appears mainly as supporting characters and in reality, their economic and social status seems not to be enough to attract the younger generation today.
It was this sensitivity and concern that prompted Lee Hayoung to learn more about the stories behind the people rarely mentioned. That is the reason why she started writing the book Reading, Writing, Making Childrens Book.
The book revolves around cinematic stories originating from the author's memories of films she has watched in the past. In each film, readers will find the image of one or a few editors.
Although the author devoted his feelings about the editorial profession of both sexes, most of the time she still focused on female editors. It could be a Sheila editor, despite being betrayed by her husband or disrespectful to her career, she still tolerates him and continues the work to lead the energy for the author.
Through the characters in the book, author Lee Hayoung recreated a difficult but also joyful world, the efforts and success of girls - those who work as editors or book authors.
The author wants to depict social prejudices on women more deeply, especially women working in the publishing industry. With just such a limited aspect that Lee Hayoung wrote in many articles, then gathered into a book, we can see how much interest and passion for this topic she had.
Reading, Writing, Making books revolves around many aspects of bookmakers, book writers, and most of all, editors. In each character, author Lee expresses his feelings and expresses deep thoughts about their people and work. Through these stories, readers can better understand the people who contributed significantly to the making of books.
The 12 chapters correspond to the 12 films that author Lee Hayoung mentioned in this book. Although the profession of editing or writing books has not really attracted much attention from young people today, because it is a quiet job and is under a lot of pressure with words, author Lee believes that a job that has both decisive, critical, and evaluative factors, and creates countless works for a lifetime with time will certainly be a meaningful job and bring endless joy to those who do that job.
The female author also shared that, after such a journey to find hardship, what an editor finds in the end, it is himself.
Lee Hayoung works creatively in many fields such as television screenwriter, film critic, and publishing editor. During 5 years of writing scripts for the program Cine Music on OBS TV, she has immersed herself in the vast world of cinema.
As a contributor to the magazine specializing in Publishing Planning, she introduced to readers the cinematic moments where the "book" appeared.
Lee Hayoung is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Institute for Reading & Writing Research.
