How to keep a diary: a series (part 2/3)

Suspense, voyeurism, and the emergence of the "third person"

Dear readers,

This is the second installment in a three-part series called “How to Keep a Diary,” adapted from a craft talk I gave at the University of Nebraska MFA Program.

As introduced in the first installment (which you can read here, and which you probably should read before embarking on the below), it grew out of my own problem with the diary form: …