What was your biggest writing accomplishment in 2025?

[WaxPhilosophic]

Although it went over like a lead ballon here, I think writing a story in at least a vague approximation of the style of Fitzgerald was my greatest technical accomplishment.

Nicely done, old sport.

 

[anthrodisiac]

I wrote and completed my first story since 2020. Immensely satisfying and immensley relieving to know I still had writing in me after thinking I'd never get back to it.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I wrote and completed my first story since 2020. Immensely satisfying and immensley relieving to know I still had writing in me after thinking I'd never get back to it.

Yay

 

[ADirtyPerv]

For me, the biggest accomplishment was my first story. It was too long, too ambitious (a reverse harem is a tough needle to thread). It didn't even get the red H, in a category that hands them out like candy. But it was the first time I put myself out on a limb, creatively. A huge, awkward first step, but I hit my stride eventually.

 

[NuclearFairy]

For me, the biggest accomplishment was my first story. It was too long, too ambitious (a reverse harem is a tough needle to thread). It didn't even get the red H, in a category that hands them out like candy. But it was the first time I put myself out on a limb, creatively. A huge, awkward first step, but I hit my stride eventually.

Yeah my first story was way too ambitious(nearly 100k ambitious), and I really should've started writing some short stories first. But if I hadn't started writing that and gotten to learn about writing I doubt I would've written any short stories. You start with what you start with, even if after writing it you're not sure how to categorize it other than I dunno maybe a fantasy character study?

 

[Bloodandglitter]

I published the first 8 chapters of my first novel, Ashes To Ashlynn on Lit. Getting ready to get chapter 10 edited and chapter 9 was just published

 

[YmaOHyd]

Wrote fiction for the first time since I started a piece of Everquest fanfic when I was ten. Some people liked it. Some people thought it was stupid. Some of it was stupid. Some was pretty good.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I published the first 8 chapters of my first novel, Ashes To Ashlynn on Lit. Getting ready to get chapter 10 edited and chapter 9 was just published

Cool

 

[EmilyMiller]

Wrote fiction for the first time since I started a piece of Everquest fanfic when I was ten. Some people liked it. Some people thought it was stupid. Some of it was stupid. Some was pretty good.

It’s never too late, right?

 

[dirk2024]

I started in May and only wrote five stories in 2025. However one of them, The Witches of Eldritch Hollow is perhaps my favorite. When I started, I figured everything I would write would be in the EC or GS category. I have yet to publish in either one. One category I thought I'd never publish in was Erotic Horror. But @StillStunned came along with his Dark Fairy challenge. While "Witches" isn't really a fairy story per se, it is erotic and it is a horror story. So I feel pretty good about breaking that barrier.

 

[SimonSex]

While I have published here previous under other pen names, something prompted me to try again. What surprised me the most in my 6 part Mrs. Brown series was how quickly the flow of writing came back. Each installment, save for the finale, was completed in a single session of about 2 hours. Knowing what you want to say is important, and perhaps that knowledge greased the writing skids.

 

[StillStunned]

I succeeded in reducing my WIP folder by about 40 stories. Turns out it was quite easy: I just moved all my Writing Exercise snippets into their own subfolder.

More seriously: I have a few.

I'm very proud of the Dark Fairy Tales challenge and how many people took part.
I'm very proud of the City of Scum shared sword & sorcery setting, even though it's lain dormant for a while now.
I'm very proud of Into The Night, which took a lot out of me to write but came out better than I could have hoped.

 

[crookedletter]

I finished a draft of a novel. It needs a rewrite, which I'm deep into now, but still felt like a big deal.

I've been writing short stories for years, and have taken a few swings at novels, but I'd never been able to apply enough motivation or organization to a single project for long enough to get a full manuscript hammered out. I was starting to wonder if I just didn't have a novel in me. But... it seems I do.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I finished a draft of a novel. It needs a rewrite, which I'm deep into now, but still felt like a big deal.

I've been writing short stories for years, and have taken a few swings at novels, but I'd never been able to apply enough motivation or organization to a single project for long enough to get a full manuscript hammered out. I was starting to wonder if I just didn't have a novel in me. But... it seems I do.

I know how you feel

 

[Pemulis]

First piece published on literotica! Wrote it on a whim, and glad I did – now working on a series and having real fun with it. Happy to be a part of things here!

 

[EmilyMiller]

First piece published on literotica! Wrote it on a whim, and glad I did – now working on a series and having real fun with it. Happy to be a part of things here!

Welcome

 

[LegendInMyOwnMind]

I wrote four stories in two months: November -December 2025. The last was submitted 12/31 but published on 1/3. I have three WIPs in the pipeline.

 

[EmilyMiller]

I wrote four stories in two months: November -December 2025. The last was submitted 12/31 but published on 1/3. I have three WIPs in the pipeline.

Cool

 

[WittyUserName]

What meant most to you?

Did you publish your first story on Lit, or did you place in a comp? Did you earn your very first red H, or did you clock up your fiftieth? Did you get a book commercially published, or did you write something you are particularly proud of, even if it won no other plaudits? Did you write in a new category, or a longer (or shorter) story than you are accustomed to?

Whatever it was, celebrate your personal achievement with your peers. Links are absolutely encouraged. Bragging is allowed.

I finished the series I started in 2022. Took me... longer than it should have!

 

[Rob_Royale]

I feel that I've 'matured' as a writer. In that a unique setting, circumstance and plot are as important as the relationship between the characters. It's less 'two people meet, they hook up, fall in love/lust etc.'
It's more 'two people meet in this time, in this place, while this is going on, which sets this obstacle between them, but they do this to overcome it.' Not in every case, mind you, there is a time for all things, they say. There's nothing wrong with a good fuck story, but writing with a broader scope has become very appealing and I'm less intimidated by it.
I've also started creating a spot for myself outside of Literotica on Amazon and Smashwords, which is rather surreal.

 

[Areala-chan]

Chasing Cars is something I'll be proud of for a long, long time.

 

[CalBishForNow]

What meant most to you?

1. Publishing in Loving Wives. I started it knowing that my stories there would piss people off, but the theme of the work seemed to belong there more than anywhere else. It's paid off with a ton of readers, including a lot of constructive criticism. (And, of course, a lot of non-constructive criticism, but that's part of why this is an accomplishment.) Since then it's already become the category for the plurality of my work here and will soon be the majority.
2. Engaging with the AH. I started writing erotica years ago just for myself, and started publishing stuff here in October 2024, and hit a number of accomplishments that might seem worth mentioning in a thread like this if I had seen it back then. But I didn't think to seek out the forums until September of 2025. It's my first time participating in a community of writers since an undergraduate fiction class. This has probably reduced my output, because I'm commenting here when I could be writing , but has given me a lot of ideas for stories and probably also made me a better and more thoughtful writer overall.

 

[FrancesScott]

Nicely done, old sport.

I see what you did there!

 

[Zootonius]

Some time this year, I surpassed 1,000 followers, which only reinforces my imposter syndrome.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Some time this year, I surpassed 1,000 followers, which only reinforces my imposter syndrome.

Yay