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.
Emphasized text is typed like this: this is emphasized. Bold text is typed like this: this is bold.