<human>:  When did Ernest Hemingway write the first draft of For Whom the Bell Tolls?
<bot>: Hemingway started writing the first draft of For Whom the Bell Tolls in 1939. He wrote the first draft in pencil on a legal pad. The first draft was very rough, but Hemingway was a very prolific writer. He would revise and edit the first draft many times before publishing it in 1940.