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'll have to walk the rest, I'm afraid, sir. - - I'm amazed how many of you newspaper writers can't read my sign. Not the welcome I was expecting. I know you. You're the Great Danton. I saw your show in London. (..)2006 The Prestige