Amazon releases Storywriter, a cloud-based screenwriting app
Amazon Studios released Storywriter today, a free cloud-based screenwriting application that anyone with an Amazon account can use.
Internet companies like Amazon or Netflix started the production of original series and movies years ago in an effort to reach a certain level of independence from networks and film studios but also to break away from limitations such as TV show episodes that always had to run the same amount of time.
There are other differences to classic studios. Amazon for instance has an open door policy which means that anyone in the whole wide world can submit screenplays to the company.
While you can submit your script to classic film studios as well, the chance of it being recognized at all are slim at best and while there is no guarantee that Amazon will pick your script, the chance of this happening seems a lot better.
The new Amazon Storywriter expands on the idea. It is a screenwriting tool that anyone with an Amazon account can use to write scripts. Content is stored in the cloud but the only one with access to is according to Amazon is the account owner.
There is however an option to submit the script to Amazon for consideration. Scripts can be imported from the local system, and exported as pdf, fdx or Fountain files so that you are not limited to submitting the script to Amazon. Imports have a maximum file size of 5 Megabyte.
Amazon Storywriter is an online application first and foremost. You may use it offline if you install the official Chrome extension and use Chrome for that, but if you don't, you can only use it online.
The writing app itself tries to make it easier for writers by supporting auto-formatting options among other things.
You may select formats, for instance an action, Character or notes manually as well if you prefer to work that way. If you use auto-format, each element gets formatted automatically based on what you type.
For instance, if you type a name in capital letters, it is automatically formatted as a Character action.
Content is saved automatically, but you may save the content as a draft or create a copy of it as well whenever you want using the main menu. There you find the option to submit the script to Amazon Studios as well.
Storywriter is not the first tool released by Amazon to assist writers. Storybuilder, released two years ago, helps screenwriters create stories for Movies or TV.
Closing Words
Amazon Storywriting is -- still -- a basic application when compared to programs such as Scrivener or other screenwriting programs. Its auto-formatting capabilities are nice and if you follow them, the fact that the screenplay is in the correct format for submission to Amazon is as well, but there is little else the online app offers.
There is no space to store information for instance, characters, locations or even ideas apart from the script itself which means that you either need to add them to the script (and remove them once you are finished), or use a third-party solution for those instead.
Martin, I would appreciate that you do not censor this post, as it’s informative writing.
Onur, there is a misleading statement “[…] GIFs are animated images …”. No, obviously you don’t seem to have take much notice of what you were told back in March regarding; Graphics Interchange Format (GIF).
For example, https://www.ghacks.net/2023/03/31/whats-gif-explanation-and-how-to-use-it/#comment-4562919 (if you had read my replies within that thread, you might have learnt something useful). I even mentioned, “GIF intrinsically supports animated images (GIF89a)”.
You linked to said article, [Related: …] within this article, but have somehow failed to take onboard what support you were given by several more knowledgeable people.
If you used AI to help write this article, it has failed miserably.
EMRE ÇITAK posts are useless because they are fraught with inaccuracies and are irrelevant.
AI is stupid, and it will not get any better if we really know how this all works. Prove me wrong.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IYl1sTIOHI
Martin, [#comment-4569908] is only meant to be in: [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/09/how-to-send-gifs-on-iphone-two-different-ways/]. Whereas it appears duplicated in several recent random low-quality non relevant articles.
Obviously it [#comment-4569908] was posted: 9 July 2023. Long before this thread even existed… your database is falling over. Those comments are supposed to have unique ID values. It shouldn’t be possible to duplicate the post ID, if the database had referential integrity.
Don’t tell me!
Ghacks wants the state to step in for STATE-MANDATED associations to save jobs!!!
Bring in the dictatorship!!!
And screw Rreedom of Association – too radical for Ghacks maybe
GateKeeper ?
That’s called “appointing” businesses to do the state’s dirty work!!!!!
But the article says itself that those appointed were not happy – implying they had not choice!!!!!!
@The Dark Lady,
@KeZa,
@Database failure,
@Howard Pearce,
@Howard Allan Pearce,
Note: I replaced the quoted URI scheme: https:// with “>>” and posted.
The current ghacks.net is owned by “Softonic International S.A.” (sold by Martin in October 2019), and due to the fate of M&A, ghacks.net has changed in quality.
>> ghacks.net/2023/09/02/microsoft-is-removing-wordpad-from-windows/#comment-4573130
Many Authors of bloggers and advertisers certified by Softonic have joined the site, and the site is full of articles aimed at advertising and clickbait.
>> ghacks.net/2023/08/31/in-windows-11-the-line-between-legitimate-and-adware-becomes-increasingly-blurred/#comment-4573117
As it stands, except for articles by Martin Brinkmann, Mike Turcotte, and Ashwin, they are low quality, unhelpful, and even vicious. It is better not to read those articles.
How to display only articles by a specific author:
Added line to My filters in uBlock Origin: ghacks.net##.hentry,.home-posts,.home-category-post:not(:has-text(/Martin Brinkmann|Mike Turcotte|Ashwin/))
>> ghacks.net/2023/09/01/windows-11-development-overview-of-the-august-2023-changes/#comment-4573033
By the way, if you use an RSS reader, you can track exactly where your comments are (I’m an iPad user, so I use “Feedly Classic”, but for Windows I prefer the desktop app “RSS Guard”).
RSS Guard: Feed reader which supports RSS/ATOM/JSON and many web-based feed services.
>> github.com/martinrotter/rssguard#readme
We all live in digital surveillance glass houses under scrutiny of evil people because of people like Musk. It’s only fair that he takes his turn.
“Operating systems will be required to let the user choose the browser, virtual assistant and search engine of their choice. Microsoft cannot force users to use Bing or Edge. Apple will have to open up its iOS operating system to allow third-party app stores, aka allow sideloading of apps. Google, on the other hand, will need to provide users with the ability to uninstall preloaded apps (bloatware) from Android devices. Online services will need to allow users to unsubscribe from their platform easily. Gatekeepers need to provide interoperability with third-parties that offer similar services.”
Wonderful ! Let’s hope they’ll comply with that law more than they are doing with the GDPR.
No, they didn’t lmao.
https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1706523877478670542