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Birth
Born on September 24 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. -
College
While attending Princeton university, he often neglected his typical work to work on his literary training. -
Academic probation and army
After being put on academics probation he decided to join the army. -
Wrote a book
Wrote his first novel The Romantic Egotist shortly after joining the army. Also, rejected by many. -
Deployed and dating
Assigned to a camp in Alabama and met a girl that he was very interested in. -
Moving to New York
He ended up moving to pursue the girl and even marry her. -
Ending relationship
She ended their engagement due to the fact they (she) couldn’t live off of his small salary. -
Start of career
Fitzgerald officially commenced his career as a writer of stories for big name magazines. -
She’s back
After his sudden salary growth, she came back and married him. -
Moving a lot
At many times he lived in New York, St. Paul, France, and Delaware to pursue his career and to move from distractions. -
Wife’s health
After intense ballet training his wife’s health started to deteriorate. -
His work was paused many times
Due to needing to pay for her medical bills, he stopped writing his novel to write short stories for money. -
Alcoholism
During the years 1936-1937 he had some “crack up” years, he suffered from alcoholism. -
Hollywood
Fitzgerald moved out to Hollywood on his own to pursue a career. He found a job with MGM as a screenwriter. He was here for 1 year as a screenwriter. -
Death
Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in 1940. He died feeling as a failure in his career due to his alcoholism affecting his work.
