Find your feedback people–and the perspectives your pages need at this 6-session critique circle
FALL FOCUS: MEMOIR and CREATIVE NONFICTION
Getting words on the page is hard enough. But then what?
You start wondering: Is this working? Is it any good? Does it make sense to anyone besides me and my dog/cat/couch?
Whether you’ve been through a critique group before or this is your very first time sharing your writing out loud (gulp), Bring Your Pages is a supportive space to get the feedback you need—and to sharpen your own eye for craft along the way.
At Bring Your Pages, writer (and Wordcrafter) Jeaux Bartlett will guide you through how to give constructive, helpful, compassionate critique, centering the writer’s voice and intention throughout. You’ll receive useful feedback on your own writing, and you’ll learn how to give good feedback to others—which turns out to be one of the fastest ways to grow as a writer. Reading a piece closely enough to say why a moment lands or a scene goes soft means you’re learning to spot pacing, structure, voice, and point of view in real time, on someone else’s page, before you ever have to untangle it on your own.
This group uses a compassionate and thoughtful approach rooted in Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Process, informed by Craft in the Real World: Rethinking Fiction Writing and Workshopping by Matthew Salesses and The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize the Creative Classroom by Felicia Rose Chavez. Critique isn’t about tearing your writing apart—it’s about lifting it up with clarity, care, and intention.
You’ll learn what’s working, what’s confusing, and what your piece is really about (it’s often not what you think). Along the way, you’ll build a working vocabulary for talking about craft—naming what a piece is doing with structure, voice, or pacing, and why—skills that sharpen your own writing every bit as much as the feedback you receive.
What you’ll get from Bring Your Pages
- Supportive, constructive feedback on your work in progress (up to 6,000 words over the course of the group) tailored to you, your style, and voice
- A sharper eye for craft, built through close reading and analysis of your circle’s work—pacing, structure, voice, and point of view start to jump off the page once you’ve practiced spotting them in someone else’s
- Practice giving thoughtful, specific critique that names what’s working and why
- A circle of fellow writers who care about your writing as much as you do
- Confidence to trust your choices—and revise with clarity
- Accountability to get your writing done
Bring Your Pages isn’t just a solution to your writing struggles. It’s a way to form new connections and friendships with other writers. The enemy of creativity is often isolation, which can make you spiral into yourself and cloud your vision for your writing. By committing to six bi-weekly (every other week) sessions, you’ll find fellow writers who understand this craft to talk with and become inspired by.
How it works
Each session, a few writers share their pages in advance. You’ll read their writing before class and come ready to share what you loved, what confused you, and what you want more of. Reading that closely is its own kind of craft class—you’ll start noticing the choices other writers make and asking why those choices work (or don’t). If you’re the writer receiving feedback, you’ll get your peers’ helpful written notes on your work. And you’ll learn a ton from giving feedback, too.
The fall cohort class is for:
Writers working on any genre of Memoir or Creative Nonfiction who want:
- Feedback on their writing from a trusted circle
- To learn craft by closely reading and analyzing other writers’ work, not just their own
- A deeper understanding of what’s working—and what could be stronger
- A regular, low-pressure space to be with other writers
No need to be “done” or “perfect.” This space is for the messy middle—where real progress happens.
Whether you’re revising a novel, polishing a short story, or just getting your first pages onto the page, Bring Your Pages gives you the support and accountability to keep going.
About the Instructor
Jeaux Bartlett (they/them or xe/xem) is a writer and teacher living in Eugene, Oregon. Jeaux has published several books and online courses focused on personal growth, and their work has appeared in the Register Guard, Lane Monthly, Rochester insider, and Nature’s Wisdom, among other publications.
Jeaux is a certified Grief Recovery Method specialist, a National Spiritualist Teacher, and a Reiki Master Teacher. Jeaux enjoys writing about overcoming loss and adversity, and learning to trust yourself again.
Jeaux is currently working on Unintentional Community, their third autofiction novel. They’re a genre-bending writer whose work explores nature, healing, and the body, and they believe, deeply, in the power of story to transform and connect.
When they are not writing, Jeaux enjoys playing with natural dyes, knitting, and building a writing camp in the woods.
Six sessions, every other Tuesday, 3-5 pm
Fall Memoir/Creative Nonfiction cohort: Oct 6 to Dec 15, 2026 – led by Jeaux Bartlett
Wordcrafters studio
436 Charnelton St., Ste 100, Eugene, OR 97401
Cost: $199
Pricing info: Our classes and events are priced at their actual cost to run.
If paying the full price would keep you from joining us, use the code ACCESS at checkout to reduce your registration amount by 20%—no questions asked. If you’re a Wordcrafters member, use code MEMBERACCESS.
If the full price is within your means, please leave the ACCESS code for those who truly need it.
If you’re able, you can add a donation during registration to support our scholarship fund.
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Join Bring Your Pages, a 6-session in-person critique group for writers who want to grow in craft, confidence, and community. Maximum of 8 participants.
HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS
Masks are optional. Please stay home if you’re unwell with any upper respiratory illness.
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