Words are separated by one or more spaces. Paragraphs are separated by one or more blank lines. The output is not affected by adding extra spaces or extra blank lines to the input file.
Double quotes are typed like this: ``quoted text''. Single quotes are typed like this: `single-quoted text'.
Long dashes are typed as three dash characters—like this.
Italic text is typed like this: this is italic text. Bold text is typed like this: this is bold text.