Mostly, the only formatting you don't want to put off can be taken care of with <p> and <h#> tags. Depending on the genre, style, and so forth, maybe the occasi

Mostly, the only formatting you don't want to put off can be taken care of with <p> and <h#> tags. Depending on the genre, style, and so forth, maybe the occasional <blockquote>. I wouldn't want to do non-fiction though... that'd just be torment. I don't know if it will make you more productive, but it won't make you any less.