F Scott Fitzgerald

  • Birth

    Birth
    He was born in St. Paul Minnesota
  • Joins army

    Joins army
    Enlisted into the army after academic probation
  • Wrote first novel

    Wrote first novel
    The romantic egotists written shortly after joining army and was later denied
  • Meets wife

    Meets wife
    Met Zelda after being assigned a nearby base
  • Left army

    He was discharged from the army
  • Problems

    Problems
    He quit his job and moved back home to Saint Paul to finish his novel
  • Finally commenced his career

    Finally commenced his career
    Started writing for known papers such as The Saturday evening post
  • Marriage

    Finally married Zelda after publishing this side of paradise in New York
  • Moved to New York

    Him and his wife moved to New York where he published the beautiful and damned
  • Child born

    Francis Scott is born in Saint Paul
  • Took a trip to France

    Scott and his family took a trip to France where he wrote The Great Gatsby
  • Revised gatsby

    Revised the novel while in Rome during the winter
  • Moved

    returned to America where Zelda took ballet training
  • Finished novel

    Finished his 4th novel tinder is the night
  • Death

    Died of a heart attack