Mastering the art of markdown can be beneficial for all writers. Below is a list of commands that might come in handy when your creating your next masterpiece.

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Headings:

Input:

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

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Text:

Input:

*italic*
**bold**
***bold-italic***

italic
bold
bold-italic

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Images:

Input:
Images have the same formatting as a link, except they’re prefixed with a !. This time, the text in brackets is the alt text - or the descriptive text for the image.

![social media](http://i.imgsafe.org/6d41026d2b.jpg)

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Links:

• Automatic links
  Input:

http://steemit.com

http://steemit.com

• In text links
  Input:

I like [steemit](http://steemit.com)

I like steemit

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Lists

Input:

* Steemit
* Facebook
   * Twitter
* Pinterest

• Steemit
• Facebook
  • Twitter
• Pinterest

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Quotes

Input:

> To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.

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Tables

Input:

  First Header  | Second Header
  ------------- | -------------
  Content Cell 1  | Content Cell 2
  Content Cell  1 | Content Cell 2

First Header	Second Header
Content Cell 1	Content Cell 2
Content Cell 1	Content Cell 2

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Videos

Input:

  [[embed url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKTH0o8AEtQ]]

[[embed url=]

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Horizontal Rules/Line - Like the ones I'm using to separate topics.

Input:

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Escaping

What if you literally want to type how are you - without it appearing in italics? Escaping Markdown characters with a back-slash \ allows you to use any characters which might be converted into HTML.

Input:

this shows up in italics: *how are you*
this shows the asterisks: \*how are you\*

this shows up in italics: how are you
this shows the asterisks: *how are you*

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