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.
(..) Hi. I've been thinking... There's something I want to ask you... ...but I don't think you'll understand why unless you know a few things about me. My father was a writer. You would have liked him. He used to say artists used lies to tell the truth... ...while politicians used them (..)2005 V for Vendetta