Amazon Storywriter

{{Short description|Cloud-based screenwriting app by Amazon}}

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Amazon Storywriter was a free cloud-based screenwriting app launched by Amazon in 2015. Storywriter provided automatic formatting for screenplays on the Master Scene Standard.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} The app allowed original screenplays to be submitted to Amazon Studios for production consideration until April 2018 when submissions were closed.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/amazon-studios-shuts-down-open-script-submissions-1202753480/|title=Amazon Studios Shuts Down Open Script-Submission Program|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=2018-04-14|website=Variety|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-07-04}}

In May 2019, Amazon Studios announced Amazon Storywriter and Storybuilder were to be discontinued on June 30, 2019 with accounts disabled and any content not downloaded becoming inaccessible.{{Cite web|url=https://studios.amazon.com/help/faq?ref_=pe_2567730_194178120|title=Amazon Studios Frequently Asked Questions : Amazon Studios|website=studios.amazon.com|access-date=2019-06-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/amazon-shutdown-storywriter-storybuilder-tools-1203205855/|title=Amazon Is Shuttering Its Free Scriptwriting and Storyboarding Tools|last=Spangler|first=Todd|date=2019-05-06|website=Variety|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-07-04}} Attempting to access Amazon Storywriter after the discontinue date will redirect the user to Amazon Studios' website.