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He was born in St. Paul Minnesota his parents were Edward and Molly Fitzgerald -
He was on probation from Princeton which motivated him to join the army -
Focused most of his time on literature instead his academics so he failed -
He was assigned to camp Sheridan where he met Zelda sayer he was discharged from the army and went to New York to marry Zelda but she broke off the engagement because of his small salary -
He quit his job and went back to St. Paul to become a full time writer and rewrote his first novel this side of paradise which became successful -
He started writing for circulating articles like the Saturday evening post which would be his start of his big career -
After this side of paradise was published Fitzgerald could finally marry Zelda sayer in New York -
The Fitzgeralds moved to New York City where scott Fitzgerald would write his second novel the beautiful and the dammed -
Zelda became pregnant which caused them to move back to Minnesota -
Zelda gave brith to their only child Francis scott Fitzgerald -
The Fitzgeralds moved to great neck Long Island to be closer to broadway because F. Scott had written a play called the vegetable which failed and he wrote himself out of debt with short stories -
They went to France where Fitzgerald had written the great gatsby and revised it on their trip in Rome -
On their way to Paris the great gatsby was published the sales of the novel were very disappointing but the he was critically praised for his writing -
He moved alone to Hollywood to work with MGM to become a screenwriter and freelance as a script writer -
He was working on his last novel the last tycoon when he died from a heart attack