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I had a hard time finding this trope. "Dead Man Writing" might mean the writing is done by a person while dead (like a zombie).

I think; "To be opened upon my untimely death" "If you are reading this, I am dead" would be better names. (Although it wouldn't explicitly cover last entries not intended for anyone.)

Even "Dead Man's Writing(s)" would better convey that the writing is already done. Or we could go even more literal. "Last Message of a Dead Man."

While I can understand making "Dead Woman Writing" an alternative name, it's impractical and unnecessary to make it so the title of the page always appears as "Dead Woman Writing." While the page address is "Dead Man Writing," the title appears as "Dead Woman Writing" when you open the page; what it appears as when used in the text of other pages seems to vary. How do you change that?

Possible Addition: After browsing the page for "The Butterfly Effect" I did not find an alternate trope relating to the note written before he makes the time jump to the picnic/party where he first met Kayleigh.