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I want to say something like:
“This is the farthest I’ve gotten in my writing,” in the sense of never having written so much before this point in time.
The context here is that I’m currently trying my hand at writing a book. I’ve attempted this in the past, only to lose interest and abandon the project. So this time, I’m actually getting pretty far; farther along than I’ve ever gotten before.
My attempt:
There are various ways to say that, as usual, and I can't pretend those below will be the best for all tastes but they express essentially want you have in mind. As you'll understand probably easily you can combine the elements differently (combine "progrès" with "composition" for instance in a given form)
Ça/cela a été mon plus grand effort de composition. or in the present tense C'est mon plus …
Cela/Ça a été l'avancée la plus grande dans ma composition. or … dans l'écriture de mon ouvrage/livre,
C'est le progrès le plus important que j'ai jamais fait dans l'écriture de ce/mon livre.
Cela a été le travail le plus important jusqu'à présent dans l'écriture de mon livre.
You can say:
C'est ce que j'ai écrit de plus long jusqu'ici.
or
C'est ce que j'ai jamais écrit de plus long.
or
C'est le plus long texte que j'aie jamais écrit.
If you're only referring to/interested in the word count/quantity of your latest attempt, you could, along with the other response, perhaps also consider something like:
Je n'ai jamais autant écrit que maintenant/jusqu'à présent/de ma vie.
(please note that using "autant" probably requires "que [something]" [as in the "que maintenant" in my suggestion], to complete/balance the comparison, but IF the "que [something]" can be omitted in this case, I'd go with either "...jusqu'à présent" or "... de ma vie")
If you are concerned with the overall quality (and not just the quantity) of your latest endeavor/accomplishment, however, you could perhaps consider something like the following:
Je ne m'etais jamais avancé [aus]si loin comme écrivant [que maintenant/qu'avec ma dernière tentative d'écrire].
(although it's probably obvious, please note that I'm not a native speaker of French, so please take my suggestions with an ample hit of salt)
