The 2026 [lit] 750 Word Project Support Thread

[YmaOHyd]

could someone explain what it means by "On March 1st, the full list of all challenge stories will be posted under the Literotica account."

most importantly:
1. do i keep full control of the story for if i want to edit or delete it?
2. does it link back to my account in some way?

from what i can see both are the case, but i just wanna be sure.

also is this like a contest with a winner or just like an event to try?

Event to try. You have semi-control over your story; you can submit edits and deletions normally but they take time to be processed. It'll link to your account as well; it's just like the list of contest stories.

 

[Fluftixxx]

Stories will be published as they come, but the full list will be published on 1st March. There is no prize (it's a challenge, not a competition). Don't ever count on being able to edit or delete your stories quickly when published - publishing doesn't work like that.

i'm aware of how editing/deleting normally works, i'm checking if it is different when entering in a challenge. As i understand it that is the case for competitions (expected to stay up 1 year), but not for challenges?

 

[alohadave]

could someone explain what it means by "On March 1st, the full list of all challenge stories will be posted under the Literotica account."

most importantly:
1. do i keep full control of the story for if i want to edit or delete it?
2. does it link back to my account in some way?

from what i can see both are the case, but i just wanna be sure.

also is this like a contest with a winner or just like an event to try?

It will be a post by the Literotica account that is like this (last year's): https://www.literotica.com/s/the-750-word-project-2025-the-stories

It's a list of all the entries submitted. It give a little more exposure for all the stories.

 

[Omenainen]

And *that* is why this site is way more educational than the equivalent time watching porn...

The words quoted in the story are

Fox ran over the lake, fox ran over the lake
If we may, if we may, sing the song of a baker

And yes! You wouldn’t know this without exposure to my bleak apocalyptic smut

 

[MK_Whimsy]

I got three more up:

• Opulent Prison, a look inside a gilded cage
• Padded Chastity, a diaper orgasm denial piece
• Pony Suit, a fetish pony play outfit piece (as the title implies)

You can also see how adept I am at coming up with creative titles.

This is a challenging project to write for. It often feels like I have to prune and condense so much that I end up wondering if it's simply better off as a longer piece. (That can be awkward though because then I would likely end up with a very short story that's still longer than 750 words.)

What I end up doing is trying to have the story accomplish one main thing. For example, in Opulent Prison, I spent a lot of time describing the cage and the setting, which was the main focus. This came at the expense of being able to talk much about the character, or the backstory, or anything else.

I think this format is a lot easier if you have a finished piece that's much shorter and all you have to do is build around it somewhat.

 

[AlinaX]

I often say that 1000 words make a scene and 3 scenes make a story, but here 750 words make a scene that tells a story.

 

[metropolinational]

I wrote a 750 word story. One sitting, about 2 hours. The reaction has been so incredibly positive and enjoyable and wonderful. For such a small investment! At that length, each review and edit took less than 10 minutes.

It's in LW, so of course the score is not great, but the comments are incredibly sweet.

I'm definitely doing this again next year!

 

[Trionyx]

I wrote a 750 word story. One sitting, about 2 hours. The reaction has been so incredibly positive and enjoyable and wonderful. For such a small investment! At that length, each review and edit took less than 10 minutes.

It's in LW, so of course the score is not great, but the comments are incredibly sweet.

I'm definitely doing this again next year!

Why not now? You still have over two weeks.

 

[IWroteThis]

I often say that 1000 words make a scene and 3 scenes make a story, but here 750 words make a scene that tells a story.

In all my years of schooling and self-learning on the Internet, word count was never used to define a scene, nor the number of scenes used to define a story.

The shortest scene I can remember writing was 56 words. It was a brief but important break between two other scenes. Padding it out just to hit an arbitrary length would have hurt the story.

That said, I do have a 750-word story in my catalog that is comprised of three scenes.

 

[AlinaX]

I’m not talking in absolutes. I’m making an observation about the structure of Literotica one-pagers. Hear me or don’t.

Plus this is literally a thread about 750-words stories, so.

 

[MrStill]

I've put up another one, Secrets of Hildy House. It's um a little less straightforward than recent, a bit of a throwback to what I was doing a few years ago. Let's see how it goes...

 

[AlinaX]

I've put up another one, Secrets of Hildy House. It's um a little less straightforward than recent, a bit of a throwback to what I was doing a few years ago. Let's see how it goes...

Interesting, but not really enough space for the man; better without.

 

[PennyThompson]

I've got one scheduled to publish tonight/tomorrow, a fairly straightforward little sex scene that involves some established characters but hopefully stands on its own!

I have a couple of more experimental ones under construction, but they haven't crystalized just yet... We'll see if either of them get there before the end of the event

 

[SmilingLez]

I am in the process of writing another 750 word vignette. This time it will be non-erotic, my first time submitting in that category. Hopefully it will be ready to submit next week. I am really amazed that my 750 word story Her Orgasm has over 14,800 views.

 

[SouthernCrossfire]

I was on the road at the time so I think I forgot to post that my 750-word story, Mistaken, was published on the 1st. It's complete fiction but it was inspired by attending a college football game.

I often say that 1000 words make a scene and 3 scenes make a story, but here 750 words make a scene that tells a story.

So true, but some readers seem to insist that our 750 word stories could be "so much better" if we'd turn them into that full-blown story with multiple scenes. And more florid descriptions. And maybe some additional sexy parts. I've told a couple of people that I agree to a point but that's not the challenge and, personally, I would likely have never gotten around to writing that "better" story they seem to want due to lack of time and, quite possibly, lack of interest.

Sometimes what works as a 750-word story isn't quite as interesting to the author when they have to spend days, weeks, or even months on it.

 

[AlinaX]

People like to sink into a story, so anything shorter than about 5k can feel unsatisfying from that perspective.

 

[YmaOHyd]

Lara's 100% Real Orgasm came out the morning, and a) thank you @THBGato for the comment and b) the idea of the story is that it's about a woman watching a play in which a character based on her delivers a monologue about how wonderful sex with the playwright -- her ex-boyfriend -- was; and how she'll never find satisfaction in sex again because it was just sooooo good. I struggled with finding the line between making the concept clear and not tipping the gaff that the character on stage is meant to represent the woman in the audience, whose name isn't revealed until the last line, and the big reveal that the orgasm she's had, the one the playwright has 'her' monologuing about on stage, was fake.

 

[ElectricBlue]

i'm aware of how editing/deleting normally works, i'm checking if it is different when entering in a challenge. As i understand it that is the case for competitions (expected to stay up 1 year), but not for challenges?

A challenge is a collection of stories, no other rules apply.

 

[crookedletter]

I have something sort of weird and second person and not much of a story at all. I imagine people will hate it. Getting ready to post it now.

 

[tzzzr]

I've got my 750 words but want to make sure I did the intro correct. It's not in the word count, and I put it in bold with the 18+ disclaimer. Do I need to say 750 Words at the end to start the count?

 

[THBGato]

Pretty much. Most write:

Below this line are exactly 750 words.

 

[YmaOHyd]

I've got my 750 words but want to make sure I did the intro correct. It's not in the word count, and I put it in bold with the 18+ disclaimer. Do I need to say 750 Words at the end to start the count?

My standard practice is to write and edit the story to exactly 750 words. Then add the intro, which ends with the line: "Below the line appear 750 words exactly." followed by a <hr> tag for a line break.

The intro, for me, usually explains the genesis of the story. I think it's bad form to explain anything about the plot or characters, stuff that would normally be in the piece. Kind of against the spirit of the challenge.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

Well, managed to send it. Turns out I actually had a more recent version than my hard backup saved on my drafts here and I thought that was empty.

Just waiting for publication, but I wrote a poem last night that is inspiring me to write another one...

 

[SmilingLez]

I am really enjoying reading the 750 word stories. I can finish one on my coffee break. There have really been some really great stories submitted.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Two published so far!

Rough Draft
Distraction

I wrote another one yesterday afternoon, but it turned out sour and mean so I hate it now. I don't even want to open the file to try to fix it.

I started a second one in the middle of the night. This one is turning out much sweeter, but it's also refusing to stay confined to 750 words. I'm over a thousand now and haven't even reached the main sex scene. The two main characters are so cute I can't stop having them tease each other.