It works, you just have to change from markdown to html. But markdown is less cumbersome

Title

Pound sign followed by space followed by a string is a title

Subtitle

Same but with two pound signs

Bold italics and citation

text eclosed by two asterisks makes it bold

Text enclosed by underscores makes it italic

blockquotes are done with the ">" symbol

1. Numbered lists with the number and a dot

   1. They can be nested with indentation.

      • Unordered lists can be done with "-" or "+".

There are also more elaborate markdown cheatsheets online

like this one for links and images done with the less acrobatic "[text](link)"