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I have to do draft after draft... It takes me a long time, but I love doing it, and I have to do it every day, or I feel slack.

Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it.

I received my draft notice right after graduation from college and had three months before going into the Army in September to think about it.

I always write on unlined typing paper and write the first draft in longhand, using cheap Bic pens. I try to write about four pages a day, which usually yields a first draft in six months. I don't plot ahead of time, so I'm flying by the seat of my pants for the first draft.

Which I would've done 'cause I volunteered for the draft which meant that I only had to do two years. But when the Cubans had missiles in the Canal and Kennedy made the extension, I was one of the ones who had enough time to be extended.

I spent one semester in Air Force ROTC, as I wanted to be a pilot.

I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.

Someday I would like to be the kind of writer who barrels through a draft, but I can't even seem to barrel through an interview like this, so I imagine I have a long way to go.

I was keenly aware when I was drafted, when I signed my first contract; immediately, I was thinking about the end.

I was drafted during the Korean War.