But it does have to do with how the writer feels at midnight.

I know who this writer is and feel very sorry for her.

"What happened a few months later was that a play popped out of me, and I thought other writers would feel the same way."

A writer must feel like this about writing a book, she thought.

Why does the writer feel the need to qualify the headline?

I had more important work to do" but was cut because the writers felt it would be better to give him a short final line.

There is no hiding how the writer feels about us and our campaign.

But it is also the kind of stuff that makes most other writers feel guilty (see above).

The scenes were cut because the writers felt it was in bad taste.

Perhaps some writers feel that this is the best they can do.