F, Scott Fitzgerald: writing style

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to "integrate" readers into the story. He made the stories sound realistic, and allowed the readers to become involved in them. He detailed all of the character's physical traits, which allowed the reader to understand the setting and time period of the novel. He also included a lot of dialogue to keep the readers' attention. Fitzgerald could not write about something if he had not experienced it. He could not write about war, for example, because he had never been in one. He could try to imagine what it was like, but it did not sound realistic. He only wrote about things that he experienced at one point or another, and that is why his stories seemed real.


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