1. Write prose in plaintext using preferred text editor 2. Add formatting using preferred markup language 3. ??? 4. Profit! Seriously, though, writing prose

1. Write prose in plaintext using preferred text editor 2. Add formatting using preferred markup language 3. ??? 4. Profit! Seriously, though, writing prose in a simple text editor and worrying about formatting later is far less distracting than writing prose in a WYSIWYG word processor. Also, adding formatting using a markup language ends up looking far nicer far faster than using a WYSIWYG word processor.