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How do benefits of failing, if a person remains persistent, compare to the positive effects of success?

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The Hemingway effect on motivation to complete unfinished tasks is proposed.

Empirical evidence from two studies supports the existence of the Hemingway effect.

Motivation to persist in a failed-to-finish task is related to completion closeness.

People are more motivated to continue if they think they were close to finishing.

Task structure helps in clarifying how much more to do and closeness to finishing.

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