Marvin Finds a Home

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Marvin Finds a Home
In 2005 I finished the first draft of The Redemption of Marvin Fuster. I loved the version in which...Marvin has just burned down the clothing store a few hours ago. Maribeth, daughter of the governor, has run over him as he flees the scene of the crime, and taken him home to The Governor's Mansion, filled with sorrow for having been speeding in her Mercedes roadster...again.
Daddy is NOT happy when he discovers a bum living in his basement.

I found the governor's character a bit unrealistic, and so I revised the chapter in 2012 in which...Marvin and Maribeth have returned from the bookstore where Marvin has stolen an armload of books on genetics. Earlier in the day he had an encounter with a cop, and following that, narrowly escaped the Major at the Salvation Army Mission. Marvin was naked.

The second version is the final. BTW...Governor Richard Harris comes to love the crazy old man in time. Well, who wouldn't?

Stichwörter: 
Larceny, Love, Mad Genius
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coleenliebsch

VERY interesting stories! I think they're different enough that you could change some names and make it into two very unique and intriguing stories!! I got a little confused in the 2012 version when the other characters came in. It's answered very thoroughly but after I spent a little while wondering what was happening:) Nice Work!!!

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S.P. Johnson Jr.

Quite the revision, though I liked the subject of the book being string theory better. The governor is more believable, and it's a good thing you removed that bit about the cigar. The poor governor's Cubans were going stale outside of a humidor. Regardless, both versions are told with a great voice.

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felixthecat

Thanks Stephen:) In the end I had to ask myself,"Would a REAL governor so easily buy into Marvin's life? Florence Nightingale Trish, yes. That's her "Oh dear!" character...but the governor supposedly runs a state! Part of the rewrite challenge for me was to endeavor to make the... mehr anzeigen

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Gelöschter User

I've tried to read this about three times today but every time I got to the end of the first page, Bookrix would stop working :/ Anyway, I loved your story. Marvin seems like he has a whole world of stories to tell and you could probably create a book entirely about his life and all of the trouble he gets into. I didn't see any errors which is a relief. Overall I thought it was well written and I liked the premise of the... mehr anzeigen

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felixthecat

Thanks, paige:)

It's from my very first draft, with a very few additions/deletions in the chapter. I did away with the fire debacle at the clothing store, and Maribeth having run him down accidentally as he runs away. He gets sneaked into the mansion in a more believable way in the final draft (I hope). Less preposterous and silly, anyway. Basically, though, the scene is the same:)
"Oh dear."

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