How do you write your posts?

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How do you write your blogs?

I find myself wondering how everyone writes their posts. Do you use the editor inside of Steemit? Straight into Steemit as Markdwon? One of the many tools available online to write in Markdown with a preview?

I personally have found myself using a syntax highlighting text editor like Sublime, or previously Code Writer (a Windows Universal app) to get the speed of a text editor, and the easily tracked formatting of a hightlighting editor.

So what does this look like?

_{A screenshot of my template file, open at the same time as my article.}


Let's start with a note about one of the simple, yet powerful, ways that this helps with my creating consistent and quality posts. I can keep a collection of commonly used sections available for re-use.


_{You might notice this text isn't included in the image. Oops.}


This is the current post you are reading, up to this point, at least. I am going to create the screenshot at this part of the process in writing so you can see the various elements being highlighted in the text. You can see things like the 'center' and 'sub' tags that are highlighted, as well as the headings, horizontal rules, and links/images.

Pretty powerful, no?

Of course, this isn't for everyone. I love it though. It lets me see everything at a glance, where I am writing. I don't have to wait for a page to update, scroll down to the preview version on Steemit.com, or try and trust a third-party editor to show it correctly.

I do end up fine-tuning stuff when I place it in the editor on Steemit, but usually only because I underestimate the many ways Steemit can mess up my plans.

So, what do you use?

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