Literotica Goals for 2025

[madelinemasoch]

I'm definitely 2 and 3. I set a goal a long time ago when I was solely thinking about writing in terms of Lit stories, a short while after I erased my old catalogue, to complete and publish at least 33 brand new stories next year. According to my projected start date back then, which was about 11 months away at the time, I do not think I'm going to hit that count at this rate of writing. I have at least a hundred solid ideas, however, no joke.

I've been improving as a writer for at least as long as I've been sober, now. I need to actually finish a fucking story (no pun intended). When the new year comes, I am going to settle into a solid routine where I am powering through and pumping out stories like shotgun shells. I will fill up my now dead profile with a whole new slew of stories. I will fine-tune them and select the cream of the crop with great preparation and persistence. I seek to combine a newfound zeal for the craft with intuitive idea processes to produce the greatest possible writing I can muster.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Can women get their rocks off???

LOL. Well, I would phrase it rather differently, but, um, yes, of course. And there's a good plot bunny right there.

 

[lovecraft68]

As I said in a post a few weeks ago, I have nothing left to achieve here. Other than just dropping a story here and there I don't have anything left to prove to anyone, most importantly myself.

But I will tell anyone here that setting goals is important, sticking to them even more so.

Always challenge yourself, whether it be measuring yourself against others or your own personal challenges, if it keeps you pushing then its a good thing.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

I've got a story I hoped to do for this April, nearly done now. So I want to have that done for the 2025 April Fool contest. Maybe also another one?

I've also got some other ideas, three of which would work for Pink Orchid. And a story about a guy who keeps being cut from other stories is finally, after 4 years, getting there, but will be a short series. Would be nice to get that out.

I may finally try putting a story or two on a pay site, or at least setting up a Patreon. But other commitments have to take priority over writing. Not least the day job, though I'm investigating whether early retirement might work financially.

 

[WhiteTailDarkTip]

Three stories to finish off. One has been outstanding for nearly eighteen months and I've had to ask for help to get it over the line.

 

[Otto26]

Progress. I've now got four novels half-written! In seriousness this is a real problem. I need to work on a way of managing and finishing long stories. In terms of stuff I've published, I tap out at 20k.

Suggestion. Write a 20K story. Then write a 20K sequel. Repeat this until you've reached 80K words. Then call them chapters, bundle them together, go back and make the inevitable edits, and you've got your novel. Good luck on your writing, sounds like you met a bunch of your goals this year.

 

[M_K_Babalon]

Ehhh... finish the shit I already got on here. That includes my other account, so I can finally 'retire" it. Out of all my current projects, only two are for here, to finish those.

 

[HeyAll]

On a secondary note, should have mentioned this earlier, but you get more out of writing when you treat it like a job.

If you tell yourself, "I need to get abc done by xyz" then it's harder and more challenging but also more rewarding. So goals are a good thing.

 

[ElectricBlue]

On a secondary note, should have mentioned this earlier, but you get more out of writing when you treat it like a job.

If you tell yourself, "I need to get abc done by xyz" then it's harder and more challenging but also more rewarding. So goals are a good thing.

For me, the pleasure of writing is because it isn't a job - no deadlines, no pressure, no commitment to any one else but me.

 

[FreyaGersemi]

Super interesting question! I like to kind of look back and look forward around the new year and take stock and make a plan. So, here goes...

1. I don't have goals, I just write. (Can I have no goals and still have goals? It's my world, so I make the rules, and I say yes!)
2. I want to get better as a writer. (Don't we all?)
3. I want to reach certain metrics, such as stories published, favorites or followers achieved, contests won, etc. (I try to focus on the things that I have control over, so stories published is my plan. But more followers would be nice. And winning a contest would be amazing, but I don't write in the style that would win a contest on Literotica.)
4. I just want to get my rocks off. (If a story doesn't do that, then it won't excite anyone else!)
5. I want to get other people's rocks off. (Don't we all?)

Again, great question and I look forward to the discussions about this!!

 

[Candy_Kane54]

My goal is to keep writing and get better. As I've stated elsewhere, I tend to lose interest in something after obsessing on it for three to four years. I am approaching year five of writing and I am struggling to remain interested in writing. I have many stories in my head that I want to write but my interest in making the effort is waning.

 

[karina_jayde]

Primary goal is to finish Halloween and Christmas contest entries at least 6 months ahead of time so I have plenty of time to write and refine.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I no longer do resolutions for a new year. My only goal for writing is to continue to write. I'd like to find a balance between ghostwriting and personal writing that still allows me to make money on both by reducing the number of people I service on the one and doing more of my own on the other.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

I want to complete the 3 stories in process that are 75-80% complete. In addition, I would like to complete a story for the Pink Orchid event, the On the Job event, and the Crime and Punishment event.

 

[Omenainen]

I have a goal of hosting my event, having a story in it, and writing my chapter for the chain story I’m participating in. Besides those I don’t have any set goals. I don’t want deadlines and pressure, I just want to pants to my heart’s desire.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I don’t want deadlines and pressure, I just want to pants to my heart’s desire.

This, one hundred percent this. A plan is merely a set-up for failure.

 

[TheRedChamber]

I've been thinking about this and, now entering my fourth year of writing seriously here, I'm kind of in a groove. There are certainly projects I'd like to complete, some that will get finished and some that'll get put on hold, but I'm not going to set out goals like I have in previous years.

I've largely made peace with my scores. A higher frequency of Hs would be nice, but I'm not going to not write a story that I want to just because I know it's not going to hit that high, so it seems silly making it a goal.

I would like to finish at least one of my on-going novels. I've also would like to finish a Story Game as I've been playing around with that for a while. My main on-going series Hannah has Plans is developing nicely and inevitably I'll get more of those stories published as and when. I'll also continue to work with the Audio group I've been involved in and toss of scripts for them when the mood strikes me.

I don't think there's much else to say except that I'm going to keep on keeping on.

 

[Not2Pervy]

Scores/ratings are of course problematic, but I’d still like to get one that’s higher than 4.85. I’m more interested in only following an idea I really like though, and that level of execution takes a lot of work (at least it would for me), so it might never happen.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Maintaining any high score is difficult. Keeping the same score, period, is hard until you have more than a few hundred votes. And again, scores don't have any real-world meaning. They are just a collection of other people's opinions. Anonymous other people's opinions don't mean much to me. What the folks I actually know think about me or my work is all that's important to me as a person and a writer.

Scores/ratings are of course problematic, but I’d still like to get one that’s higher than 4.85. I’m more interested in only following an idea I really like though, and that level of execution takes a lot of work (at least it would for me), so it might never happen.

 

[oneagainst]

To be finished on Lit by 31st Oct 2025, which is 4y after my first story went live.

To get there I need to tie up the end of a three year story arc across two hundred chapters and publish another 30.

I'm going to run an experiment in parallel to republish the existing work as ebooks (maybe Amazon, who knows?) as extended director's cuts with all the things I wanted to put in but the Lit story format stopped me (like, you know, character development that doesn't involve a set number of fucks per thousand words). Maybe I'll cross over.

In any event, the plot bunnies are leading me somewhere else and I'll have to follow them but that's not such a bad thing, to start over again. Write until you find you're repeating yourself.

 

[onehitwanda]

more stories, more tears to harvest. I am insatiable.

 

[Lotus_Kitty]

To be finished on Lit by 31st Oct 2025, which is 4y after my first story went live.

To get there I need to tie up the end of a three year story arc across two hundred chapters and publish another 30.

I'm going to run an experiment in parallel to republish the existing work as ebooks (maybe Amazon, who knows?) as extended director's cuts with all the things I wanted to put in but the Lit story format stopped me (like, you know, character development that doesn't involve a set number of fucks per thousand words). Maybe I'll cross over.

In any event, the plot bunnies are leading me somewhere else and I'll have to follow them but that's not such a bad thing, to start over again. Write until you find you're repeating yourself.

I do hope you’ll let us know how to find you when you go elsewhere.

 

[oneagainst]

I do hope you’ll let us know how to find you when you go elsewhere.

Unfortunately, unlikely. The mainstream pen name won't be tangling with this one. Though who knows, maybe you'll read a line in a story some time and maybe...!

 

[Lotus_Kitty]

Unfortunately, unlikely. The mainstream pen name won't be tangling with this one. Though who knows, maybe you'll read a line in a story some time and maybe...!

Understandable. Well at least we have you for a few more months.

 

[ElectricBlue]

more stories, more tears to harvest. I am insatiable.

More tiny print, you have an audience to feed!