I've been doing this for a couple years without knowing it was great writing advice. I endorse it fully. I especially try to leave it like this on my last writing day before it's back to work for the week. It'd be difficult to just jump into it again the following Saturday if I didn't leave it at a spot where it's easy to keep going.
The idea of walking away/coming back later with fresh eyes has merit, and it really can work. But it can be something of a detriment. Following Hemingway's advice, what if you forget exactly what you had thought of for what happens next? What if the next morning you have a completely different idea? What if what made sense and felt good yesterday doesn't today? I feel like I run into this constantly.
You're not alone. But if you have that better idea tomorrow, you can pursue it and discard what you previously thought was the next step in the story. And if you've forgotten what that previous step was, it probably wasn't that good, and you've liberated yourself from it.
I work one-on-one with writers who are stuck, and very often what is sticking them is not a lack of ideas (this is why I think the threat of the dreaded ‘writer’s block’ is a little overblown) but on the contrary, an excess of ideas, and a reluctance – or inability – to choose which to focus on. - Sari Botton on Substack
