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Born in a small town of St. Paul, Minnesota. Named after Francis Scott Key, who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner.
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Scott is enrolled in St. Paul Academy
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Accepted into Princeton
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Scott enrolls in the U.S. Army
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Begins professional writing
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Marries Zelda Sayre
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Scott and Zelda have their first child, Frances
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The family moves to New York to begin his new career, but fails so he has to write short stories to support his family.
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Writes his second novel.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald writes The Great Gatsby.
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His wife had to be treated in hospitals for mental breakdowns
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His fourth book becomes another commercial failure
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Scott Gets a new job for Metro Goldwyn Mayer as a screenwriter
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Writes script for "Three Comrades" which is a big hit movie. His contract was not renewed.
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Died of a heart attack while he was halfway through writing his last novel. Aged 44
