Although given the time elapsed since this was posted means it may not be of help to the original poster, I hope it will help those of you who find it since. I knocked over a third of a tower during a game and continued on to finish that log (I was playing The Wretched), I decided it meant I was just severely injured. When I knocked the remains of the tower over, I changed the narrative to dying of the wound and finished the diary instead of the default explosion. I feel like if it's plausible to finish the diary before the consequences of the tower tumbling are applied, then it should be done.