Dan-Lucian Stefancu

Since WordPress 2.5 there aren’t any links to the post drafts in the edit post section, so I’ve made a quick plugin that simply displays a box with the last 10 recent drafts in edit post page, as an unordered list, sorted by the last edit time.
The list is populated with the drafts titles, linked to the edit post page of each. The box is shown only to users with Editor role or higher.
In WordPress 2.7 or higher the box is displayed in the sidebar of edit post page, under the categories.

Add drafts

Displays a box with the last 10 recent drafts in the edit post page.

ryansommers

Obvious Post States does what its name implies: makes the post states of your Posts and Pages stand out.
Post states like Draft, Pending, Sticky, Password Protected, etc. will be more prominent and obvious.
Takes into account the built-in WordPress Admin Color Schemes so everything matches.
Check out the screenshot to see an example.

Obvious Post States

Make the WordPress post state text (draft, pending, sticky, etc) stand out.

Add drafts vs Obvious Post States