Ten to The End and The Revision Track
TWO PATHS. ONE GOAL. YOUR BEST BOOK YET.
Ten to the End is a ten-month, immersive book-writing program led by Patricia Dunn and Alexandra Soiseth, designed to take you from idea or partial draft to a finished manuscript. Blending generative writing, craft instruction, weekly write-ins, accountability, and one-to-one feedback, the course supports both the technical and emotional journey of completing a book. Think of it as an MFA-in-a-box: rigorous, supportive, and focused on building a compelling, resonant story from first sentence to last—without writing alone.
Start Date: Rolling admissions. Class starts October 27.
Cost: $4,995.00
OPEN FOR ADMISSIONS
The Revision Track: From First Draft to Polished Manuscript in Six Months, a supportive, structured, and creatively energizing course designed for writers ready to take their manuscript to the next level. Over 6 months, you’ll deepen your story, sharpen your writing, and gain the clarity and confidence to finish strong. With a mix of hands-on practical classes, write-ins (join other writers on zoom as we all write our own books) and personalized feedback during bi-weekly one-on-one sessions, this course will help you move from messy drafts to powerfully focused stories—without losing the heart of what you’ve already created. Whether you’re revising for yourself, for readers, or for submission, this is the next right step.
Start Date: Currently Closed for Admissions
Cost: $3,995.00
Schedule Options:
Daytime Track – Weekly sessions during the day
Evening Track – Weekly sessions in the evening
Testimonials
“Finally, a way to really get it done! Incisive individual coaching. Optional writing ‘alongside’ kept me moving. Alex and Pat are a fun, fabulous, honest, accessible, encouraging team. Highly recommend!” —Deborah
"Before signing up for Ten Months to the End, I was floundering with my unfinished manuscript, lost on the ocean in a raft drifting on the tides. This course has provided me with a tiller, rudder, mast, sails and a sextant to take me to where I needed to go and cross the finish line with my novel. With craft classes, one on one time, plot discussion, group writing and a host of valuable information, I have not only achieved my goal but am now looking forward to the remaining three months to fine tune and edit with the assistance of Alex and Pat. These accomplished writers and teachers are always available to assist and I highly recommend this class." —Corinne
About Your Instructors
Pat and Alexandra have decades of experience shepherding fiction and memoir writers from story idea to full manuscripts and beyond.
Patricia Dunn, aka T.M. Dunn author of the young adult novel, Rebels by Accident (Sourcebooks Fire 2014). Of her first novel for adults, Last Stop on the 6 (Bordighera Press, November 2021), Kirkus Reviews says, "A novel that brings the Bronx to teeming life with a wry marriage of drama and humor." Her forthcoming novel, Her Father's Daughter, is a psychological thriller (Crooked Lane Books, 2023). Her writing has appeared in Salon, TheVillage Voice, The Nation, LA Weekly, and The Christian Science Monitor. She has also been published in the New York Times best-selling anthology, Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women (Soft Skull); and elsewhere. Dunn has served as Senior Director of the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, where she holds an MFA in creative writing. Patricia coaches aspiring and established writers and teaches creative writing workshops. She is a co-founder of Key To the Castle, a workshop for writers and artists in Cetera, Italy. This Italian-American, Bronx-raised rebel has traveled the world. She lives in Stamford, Connecticut where she is currently working on her next novel, with her rescue puppy Blanqui snuggled at her side.
Alexandra Soiseth is a memoirist, novelist, editor, teacher, and certified creativity coach with almost 30 years of experience helping writers tell their stories. A former Associate Director of the MFA Writing Program at Sarah Lawrence College, she has taught fiction, creative nonfiction, and memoir in masters, college, and high school programs, as well as through community programs such as prisons and libraries. She is the author of Choosing You (Seal Press), a memoir praised for its emotional clarity and structure, and her work has appeared in Global City Review, CrossBRONX, Lumina, and more. A recipient of Canada and Ontario Arts Council grants, Alexandra offers a teaching approach that combines editorial insight with compassionate, practical guidance that focuses on both the craft and the emotional process of writing stories.