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I use GNU Screen tool to keep my sessions alive on the system. To switch between windows I use Ctrl+a N where N is the number of the window. I want to use similar keystroke to access windows with numbers in two digits. As of now I have to go to window list by Ctrl+a " and then select the window.

Is there a way to achieve what I'm trying to?

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Well I don't know what your doing that actually needs 10+ processes to be accessible in one screen instance anyway, but you might just use ctrl-a n/p to go back and forth (which conveniently wraps around).

And consider just using 2 instances of screen ... or even a screen-in-screen

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Having 9+ processes in Screen is not the case always but sometimes I do have 12-13 processes running and I need to watch them at the same time. Looks like I'll have to stick with Ctrl+a ". – RonakG Oct 4 '11 at 15:03
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you can have a split screen too. Which works nice if you want to have more processes open at the same time. Maybe Byobu could be useful too – jpjacobs Oct 4 '11 at 15:16
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