{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Write On: 'Splinter Cell: Deathwatch' Creator\/Writer Derek Kolstad","description":"\u201cAs you do draft after draft, it becomes shorter and rendered down. And [Keanu Reeves and I] would go through scenes going, \u2018Can people say less? Can the action be tighter? Can the action sequence be shorter?\u2019 The action is an extension of the hero\u2019s journey and if you don\u2019t give a sh*t about the character, it doesn\u2019t matter how great your action is,\u201d says Derek Kolstad about his writing process with actor Keanu Reeves when they worked on the script that would become John Wick and spark an entire franchise.  On today\u2019s episode, we speak with screenwriter Kolstad about his masterful John Wick action movies and his new animated TV show, Tom Clancy\u2019s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch based on the popular video game.   Kolstad also shares his surprising advice for coming up with action scenes that feel fresh and inventive by going back to the silent era. \u201cLook at Buster Keaton. Harold Lloyd, and Fatty Arbuckle, the Keystone Cops. Look at how those sequences were done, and then there's Asian cinema, you know? What I love about the things that I've been a part of is there's always this sense of humor at play. Nothing's so dark and so bleak that you're not enjoying it.\u201d To hear more, listen to the podcast.  ","author_name":"Write On: A Screenwriting Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.finaldraft.com","html":"