TWO PATHS. ONE GOAL. YOUR BEST BOOK YET.
Ten to the End
Join Key to the Castle Workshop instructor Pat Dunn and guest instructor Alexandra Soiseth. The faculty for this program have decades of experience shepherding fiction and memoir writers from story idea to full manuscripts and beyond.
Ten months to the end of your book is a unique blend of generative writing and story development, with craft teaching and practice sessions as well as extensive connection and accountability sessions and structures. Ideal for the writer with a partial or first draft needing refining and/or focus and/or building, or, the writer with just the seedling of an idea and a few notes. This course is like an MFA in a box, with an emphasis on generating and building a story with enough tension/drama/character development to pull the reader from the first sentence to the last while also ensuring a deep layered resonance to make that reading journey fulfilling. Targeted feedback will come in the form of one-to-one conferences for maximum individual attention to the writer and their story. Completing a book is as much an emotional journey as it is a technical one, and when you take this course, you will never have to travel alone.
With weekly write-ins, group meet-ups and one-to-one meetings with the instructors totaling 880 hours of class time spread out over a ten month period the cost of tuition averages out to only $5.67 per hour and can be even less if you take advantage of one or more of the cost savings opportunities illustrated below.
Start Date: September 15, 2025
End Date: July 18, 2026
Schedule Options:
Daytime Track – Weekly sessions during the day
Evening Track – Weekly sessions in the evening
Tuition: $4,995 Application Fee $50 (Non-refundable and will be deducted from tuition for accepted applicants.) (*Pay by Zelle or check. All credit card payments will be assessed an addition 6% processing fee.)
The Revision Track
Join 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: September 16, 2025
End Date: March 18, 2026
Schedule Options:
Daytime Track – Weekly sessions during the day
Evening Track – Weekly sessions in the evening
Tuition: $3,495 Application Fee $50 (Non-refundable and will be deducted from tuition for accepted applicants.) (*Pay by Zelle or check. All credit card payments will be assessed an addition 6% processing fee.)