Because Hemingway left his work at an interesting moment, it became easier to return to his typewriter the next day. Think of it like a TV show cliffhanger. If you are interested in the story, you’re more likely to return to the show next season. Hemingway essentially incorporated self-made cliffhangers into his productivity schedule to maintain... See more

• Stopping at an "interesting place": Hemingway advised to stop "when you’re still going good and you come to an interesting place and you know what’s going to happen next." This creates a "self-made cliffhanger," similar to a TV show that makes you want to return to see what happens next.


• Easing the return to work: By stopping when the next steps

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“the Hemingway effect,” whereby those who purposefully interrupted the completion of a task not only experienced better recall, but exhibited better rates of completion