Markdown is a quick and simple way to write formatted documents in plaintext. It is easy to read as plaintext, but is designed to convert to HTML for easy web publishing. Writing in plaintext rather than proprietary formats such as Word has many advantages:
- simple - dont waste time in complex and frustrating formatting in Word that will be deleted by publishers anyway. This keeps your distractions to a minimum.
- sharable - any device can open and read plaintext.
- preservable - markdown is plaintext which is easy for digital preservation, unlike Word.
- version controlable - you can use the full power of Git or other version control systems.