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F. Scott Fitzgerald is born
Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24 1896. -
Fitzgerald wrote his first article
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the first article for his school newspaper when he was 13 years old. -
Fitzgerald writes plays and for newspaper
Fitzgerald starts to write plays at Princeton universal as well as articles for the school. -
Fitzgerald meets his wife in army
He met his wife, yet could not marry her for she was too worried that he was not financially secure, and so waited to get married -
Fitzgerald was discharged
Fitzgerald was released from the army in 1919, and went back to writing novels. -
Moved to New York
After being discharged from the army he decided to move to New York to write his novels. -
Published this side of paradise
This was the first novel that Fitzgerald had published, and was quite successful. -
Got married to Zelda
After the first week of his book being released, he asked his soon to be wife to marry him because he felt financially stable. -
Wrote second novel called The Beautiful And Damned
Second book he wrote in New York City which talks about jazz age -
Francis Scott Fitzgerald is born
Had there first and only child. -
Moved to great neck Long Island
Moved to be close to Broadway for his new written play the vegetable. -
Great Gatsby was created
He went to France over the spring and wrote the great gatsby. -
Moves back to America
In order to escape the distractions of France and resume work on his novels while renting out a mansion in Delaware. -
Tender is the night
This was his next novel to be published. -
Alcoholism
These were the years where his alcoholism became truly prevalent and affected his writing abilities.