Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-5170510-20191221011957/@comment-30557941-20191228012230

@MrEvans: Sounds good, although from what you're telling me I think we need to back up another step. If it's the journal of a German soldier, then presumably it's just coming to light now, in 2019 (probably 2020 by the time the story is ready to publish). If you really want to draw your readers in that necessitates at least some sort of frame narrative.

Now, this frame narrative doesn't have to be super complex (although it can be). You could put a single paragraph at the beginning, summing up where the journal came from. Or, you could write an entire secondary narrative about it's journey onto the internet. Whichever would help build the dread most effectively for your story.