A draft reaches a strong final moment, then continues for another paragraph explaining what the reader should learn. Sometimes that explanation is needed. Sometimes the ending is already present in an image you have written.
Look just before the summary
Read the final two paragraphs and locate the last concrete action or detail. A cup left on a windowsill, a folded map or an unanswered knock may offer a stopping point if the preceding piece has earned it.
Do not add a random evocative object merely to make the ending sound literary. The image needs a relationship with what came before, even if that relationship remains open to interpretation.
Make two versions
Keep one ending with the explanation and one without it. Read the whole piece each time. Does the shorter version leave a productive question, or does it remove information needed to understand the event?
For an invented example, a story about someone preparing to leave might end with an empty hook where their coat usually hangs. That image would mean little unless the story had made the coat or departure matter.
Check the promise of the form
A practical guide may need a clear next action; a scene may benefit from a more open finish. Do not force one kind of ending onto every piece.
Use a focused feedback question: “What did you understand at the stopping point?” The answer is more useful than asking whether the final line sounds beautiful in isolation.