No one—'present writer' included—thought the plan would work. [=no one, including me, thought the plan would work]
She is promoting her latest movie, which 'the present writer' has not yet seen. [=which I have not yet seen]
They identified the 'writer' of the mysterious letter.
(..) you for some time now, Mr. Anderson. It seems that you've been living ... ... two lives. In one life, you're Thomas A. Anderson ... ... program writer for a respectable software company. You have a social security number. You pay your taxes. And you ... ... help your landlady (..)1999 The Matrix