What this is

Hi, I’m Vincent Halles. I write essays, fiction, and breakdowns of how writing works.

I’m a generalist by design: part literary critic, part notebook scribbler, part structural obsessive. I believe form is meaning, editing is thinking, and that sometimes the best way to tell the truth is to lie well and often.

You can find my finished essays on Medium — where I explore literature, culture, writing, and the strange logic behind ideas.

This site is something different. Here, I share:

🧠 Boost Breakdowns – behind-the-scenes dissections of how each essay is built
📬 Weekly Notes – fragments, stray thoughts, and process updates
🧪 Writing experiments – unfinished fiction and non-fiction, occasional poetry, and risks I don’t take elsewhere

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