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Birth
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born September 24th, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. His parents were Edward and Molly Fitzgerald -
The love for literature
Being a part of the Princeton class of 1917, Fitzgerald often disregarded his academic work to focus on literature and his literary training, such as being a contributor to the "Princeton Tiger humor magazine". -
The army
Due to the fact that Fitzgerald failed as student. He was put on academic probation. Which then motivated him to join the army. -
The first novel
Shortly after Fitzgerald joined the arm, he wrote his first novel titled "The Romantic Egotist". This novel was them rejected by Charles Scribners Sons -
Meeting Zelda
Fitzgerald would be assigned to Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, Alabama. This is where he would meet Zelda Sayer, the youngest daughter of an Alabama supreme court judge. -
Down on luck
After being discharged from the army. Fitzgerald moved to new York to create a stable life in order marry Zelda. Zelda would later break off the engagement, not willing to live off Fitzgerald's small salary. -
Back to square one
Fitzgerald would quit his job and return to St. Paul. He did this so he could rewrite his novel, and titled it "This Side of Paradise". The novel was accepted, this time by editor Maxwell Perkins. -
The Official start
At the end of 1919, Fitzgerald decided to officially begin his journey, and career as a writer for the mass circulation magazine, such as the Saturday Evening Post -
Married
A week after his novel "This Side of Paradise" was published, Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayer were married in new York. -
His child
Zelda became pregnant a year after She was married to Fitzgerald. This caused the couple to want to move back to St. Paul for the birth of their only child, Francis Scott Fitzgerald. -
Failure on Broadway
Fitzgerald would later move to Great Neck Long Island, so that he could be near Broadway. This is because Fitzgerald has written a play called "The Vegetable" which would fail at tryouts. Fitzgerald would have to work his way out of debt by writing short stories. -
Taste of success
Fitzgerald and his family would later move to France. This is where Fitz Gerald would write "The Great Gatsby". He would revise it while in Rome, and it would be published while on their way back to France. It received huge praise, but the sales were disappointing. -
Working on themselves
Fitzgerald and his family would move back to America, and rent a place for two years. They did this to escape the distractions of France, and focus on making progress. Fitzgerald would focus on his novels, while Zelda begin practicing ballet in hopes of become a professional dancer. -
Life on hold
Zelda would face serious health issues and be placed in Pragins Clinic in Switzerland. Fitzgerald would have to put his novel writing on hold, so that he could write short stories to pay off the medical bills. -
The fourth novel
Fitzgerald would eventually write his fourth novel "Tender Is The Night". The novel told of a deteriorating relationship between a American psychiatrist and a wealthy patient. The relationship closely resembles that of Fitzgerald and Zelda while she was sick -
The crack up years
The years 1936 and 1937 are referred to as Fitzgerald's "crack up" years. This is because Fitzgerald began struggling with alcoholism, and became unable to write commercial stories. He would also not keep a home for his child Scottie. This caused her to be put into a boarding school at 14. -
Alone in Hollywood
Fitzgerald would decide to move to Hollywood alone to work with MGM as a screenwriter until 1938 -
The end before it could be written
Fitzgerald would work on his novel "The Love of the Last Tycoon". He had written more than half of it when he died of a heart attack on December 21st, 1994