noveling

[gwynnega]

Work on chapter 18 of the Jo book continues apace. It's pretty much all brand new (i.e., it's not one of the chapters I've reworked from the first draft). I hope to get a rough draft of it done this weekend so I can fiddle with it. 10zlaine sent me some awesome archival stuff from the New York Times about Patty Hearst's guilty verdict, which occurs during chapter 18. Who knew that the New York Times called her "Miss Hearst" in the headline? ("MISS HEARST IS CONVICTED ON BANK ROBBERY CHARGES; FACES SENTENCE APRIL 19.") Maybe this was out of respect for her father Randolph Hearst? In many ways 1976 seems like such a different world, though I remember it well...

Comments

[usedtobeljs]

"Miss Hearst"? Wow.

Anyway, hugs and cheers for your noveling!

[gwynnega]

Isn't that amazing? It seems like such an unlikely wording, given the circumstances!

::hugs::

[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

Is it possible that was just NYT style in 1976? I know that their style now is to use honorifics within articles (they dropped them at some point, but brought them back sometime within the past 10-15 years), but I don't know what their style is--or was--for headlines.

[gwynnega]

You're right! I did a little searching, and came up with "Miss Fromme May Try to Act as Her Own Lawyer" (from 1975)! Ha! But, on the other hand, Charles Manson headlines call him "Manson" or "Charles Manson," not "Mr. Manson." It makes Squeaky Fromme sound like a debutante or something...