Scott Fitzgerald

  • Fitzgerald was born

    Fitzgerald was born
    He was born in St. Paul Minnesota his parents were Edward and Molly Fitzgerald
  • Joined the army

    Joined the army
    He was on probation from Princeton which motivated him to join the army
  • Went to college at Princeton

    Went to college at Princeton
    Focused most of his time on literature instead his academics so he failed
  • Met Zelda sayer

    Met Zelda sayer
    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
  • Published his first novel

    Published his first novel
    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
  • His writing career took off

    His writing career took off
    He started writing for circulating articles like the Saturday evening post which would be his start of his big career
  • Married Zelda sayer

    Married Zelda sayer
    After this side of paradise was published Fitzgerald could finally marry Zelda sayer in New York
  • Wrote his second novel

    Wrote his second novel
    The Fitzgeralds moved to New York City where scott Fitzgerald would write his second novel the beautiful and the dammed
  • Zelda becomes pregnant

    Zelda becomes pregnant
    Zelda became pregnant which caused them to move back to Minnesota
  • Francis was born

    Francis was born
    Zelda gave brith to their only child Francis scott Fitzgerald
  • Moved to Long Island

    Moved to Long Island
    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
  • Wrote the great gatsby

    Wrote the great gatsby
    They went to France where Fitzgerald had written the great gatsby and revised it on their trip in Rome
  • The Great Gatsby was published

    The Great Gatsby  was published
    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
  • F. Scott moved to Hollywood

    F. Scott moved to Hollywood
    He moved alone to Hollywood to work with MGM to become a screenwriter and freelance as a script writer
  • Fitzgerald died

    Fitzgerald died
    He was working on his last novel the last tycoon when he died from a heart attack