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F. Scott Fitzgerald was assigned to camp Sheridan Montgomery Alabama, where he met Zelda sayre, which was the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court Judge. -
Because of his failure as a student, he put on academic probation, which motivated him to join the army in 1917. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald Got born on September 24th 1896in St. Paul. -
Shortly after joining the army F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his first novel, “ The Romantic Egotist” but it was rejected by Charles Scribners Sons. -
In 1919 F. Scott Fitzgerald got discharged from the army, he went to New York city to seek his fortune in order to marry Zelda. -
Zelda broke off the engagement after not wanting to live off his small salary. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald quit his job in July 1919. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald returned to St. Paul to rewrite his as “The Side of Paradise”, which is set mainly at Princeton and follows the life of Amory Blaine.
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The novel was accepted by editor Maxwell Perkins of Scribners. -
Near the end of 1919 he officially commenced his Carter as a writer of stories for the mass circulation magazines, as The Saturday Evening Post, which would become his best story market.
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A week after “This Side of Paradise” was published in 1920 Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre we’re married in New York.
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The Fitzgerald’s moved to New York City and F Scott wrote his second novel.
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Zelda Fitzgerald became pregnant a year after their marriage, which motivated the couple to return to St. Paul for the birth of their only child, Francis Scott Fitzgerald in October of 1921.
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In the fall of 1922, they moved to Great Neck Long Island in order to be near Broadway because Fitzgerald had written a play called “The Vegetable”. The play failed at its tryout and Fitzgerald wrote his way out of debt with short stories.
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The Fitzgeralds went to France in the spring of 1924 where “The great Gatsby was written.