Screenwriting Consultant & Film Analyst
Stories don't fail
in the third act.
They fail in the silence
between lines.
Most screenwriting advice tells you what to fix. Rarely does it tell you why something isn't working in the first place.
I study cinema not as entertainment, but as a form of consciousness. The films that stay with us — Cure, Shoplifters, Ikiru, Drive My Car — are never the ones with the cleverest plots. They are the ones that understand something true about being alive.
That understanding is what I bring to your script.
Read My Story →Consulting Services
Two ways to work together — each one personal. I don't outsource. I don't use templates. I don't write notes I wouldn't want to receive myself.
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You have the story. I write it. Working from your concept, outline, or treatment, I write the screenplay in your voice — with the subtext, silence, and character depth that separates memorable cinema from competent craft. Full confidentiality. Your name on the cover page.
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A focused 2-hour session on your script and your craft. We go wherever the work needs us — structure, character psychology, theme, subtext, dialogue. Real-time thinking. Not a report. Not a form letter. A conversation between two people who take film seriously.
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Ghostwriting
Written from your concept or outline
Feature Film — from $2,000 USD
1:1 Intensive
2-hour Zoom session
Per session · Includes script feedback + consultation
All engagements are personal. I take on a limited number of clients each month.
Films I Return To
KEN VARJAK
Screenwriter · Film Analyst · Consultant
Films I Return To
About Ken
I became a filmmaker the day I understood that cinema is not entertainment. It is evidence.
Evidence of how people think, what they fear, what they want and cannot name. Every frame of a serious film is a choice — and those choices accumulate into a vision of what it means to be alive in a particular time and place.
I came to screenwriting through cinema, not the other way around. Before I ever wrote a scene, I spent years watching — really watching — films that had no interest in being liked. Kurosawa's Ikiru. Koreeda's Shoplifters. Hamaguchi's Drive My Car. Films that understand that story is not a delivery mechanism for plot. It is a structure for feeling.
My screenwriting practice is shaped by that understanding. I write psychological dramas and thrillers. I consult on scripts that are technically competent but emotionally inert — and I help writers find what their story is actually about.
I take on a limited number of consulting clients each month. Every engagement is personal. I read every script myself.
How It Works
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Fill out the form below. Tell me about your script, your logline, and what you're most uncertain about. I read every submission personally.
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I'll confirm availability and scope within 48 hours. Slots open at the start of each month. I work with a small number of writers at a time.
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We start. Whether that's a two-hour session or a full ghostwriting engagement, I'm all in. No templates. No outsourcing. No shortcuts.
Submit Your Script
I take on a limited number of consulting clients each month. If you are working on something that matters to you — something you cannot stop thinking about — I want to read it.