diff --git a/org/block.go b/org/block.go
index 0e7a526..78ad9a7 100644
--- a/org/block.go
+++ b/org/block.go
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@ func trimIndentUpTo(max int) func(string) string {
 	}
 }
 
-func (n Example) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n Block) String() string   { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Example) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Block) String() string   { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
diff --git a/org/document.go b/org/document.go
index e43eb62..a9697c4 100644
--- a/org/document.go
+++ b/org/document.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func New() *Configuration {
 }
 
 // String returns the pretty printed Org mode string for the given nodes (see OrgWriter).
-func String(nodes []Node) string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(nodes...) }
+func String(nodes []Node) string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(nodes...) }
 
 // Write is called after with an instance of the Writer interface to export a parsed Document into another format.
 func (d *Document) Write(w Writer) (out string, err error) {
diff --git a/org/drawer.go b/org/drawer.go
index 8bb9974..eee590d 100644
--- a/org/drawer.go
+++ b/org/drawer.go
@@ -93,5 +93,5 @@ func (d *PropertyDrawer) Get(key string) (string, bool) {
 	return "", false
 }
 
-func (n Drawer) String() string         { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n PropertyDrawer) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Drawer) String() string         { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n PropertyDrawer) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
diff --git a/org/footnote.go b/org/footnote.go
index 660e244..e860421 100644
--- a/org/footnote.go
+++ b/org/footnote.go
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ func (d *Document) parseFootnoteDefinition(i int, parentStop stopFn) (int, Node)
 	return consumed, definition
 }
 
-func (n FootnoteDefinition) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
+func (n FootnoteDefinition) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
diff --git a/org/headline.go b/org/headline.go
index 23b986f..749d1ff 100644
--- a/org/headline.go
+++ b/org/headline.go
@@ -98,4 +98,4 @@ func (parent *Section) add(current *Section) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (n Headline) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Headline) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
diff --git a/org/html_writer.go b/org/html_writer.go
index 90a48c6..916618c 100644
--- a/org/html_writer.go
+++ b/org/html_writer.go
@@ -69,16 +69,13 @@ func NewHTMLWriter() *HTMLWriter {
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *HTMLWriter) emptyClone() *HTMLWriter {
-	wcopy := *w
-	wcopy.Builder = strings.Builder{}
-	return &wcopy
-}
-
-func (w *HTMLWriter) nodesAsString(nodes ...Node) string {
-	tmp := w.emptyClone()
-	WriteNodes(tmp, nodes...)
-	return tmp.String()
+func (w *HTMLWriter) WriteNodesAsString(nodes ...Node) string {
+	original := w.Builder
+	w.Builder = strings.Builder{}
+	WriteNodes(w, nodes...)
+	out := w.String()
+	w.Builder = original
+	return out
 }
 
 func (w *HTMLWriter) WriterWithExtensions() Writer {
@@ -104,12 +101,14 @@ func (w *HTMLWriter) WritePropertyDrawer(PropertyDrawer) {}
 func (w *HTMLWriter) WriteBlock(b Block) {
 	content := ""
 	if isRawTextBlock(b.Name) {
-		exportWriter := w.emptyClone()
-		exportWriter.htmlEscape = false
-		WriteNodes(exportWriter, b.Children...)
-		content = strings.TrimRightFunc(exportWriter.String(), unicode.IsSpace)
+		builder, htmlEscape := w.Builder, w.htmlEscape
+		w.Builder, w.htmlEscape = strings.Builder{}, false
+		WriteNodes(w, b.Children...)
+		out := w.String()
+		w.Builder, w.htmlEscape = builder, htmlEscape
+		content = strings.TrimRightFunc(out, unicode.IsSpace)
 	} else {
-		content = w.nodesAsString(b.Children...)
+		content = w.WriteNodesAsString(b.Children...)
 	}
 	switch name := b.Name; {
 	case name == "SRC":
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ func (w *HTMLWriter) writeSection(section *Section) {
 	// NOTE: To satisfy hugo ExtractTOC() check we cannot use `<li>\n` here. Doesn't really matter, just a note.
 	w.WriteString("<li>")
 	h := section.Headline
-	title := cleanHeadlineTitleForHTMLAnchorRegexp.ReplaceAllString(w.nodesAsString(h.Title...), "")
+	title := cleanHeadlineTitleForHTMLAnchorRegexp.ReplaceAllString(w.WriteNodesAsString(h.Title...), "")
 	w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("<a href=\"#%s\">%s</a>\n", h.ID(), title))
 	if len(section.Children) != 0 {
 		w.WriteString("<ul>\n")
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ func (w *HTMLWriter) WriteRegularLink(l RegularLink) {
 	}
 	description := url
 	if l.Description != nil {
-		description = w.nodesAsString(l.Description...)
+		description = w.WriteNodesAsString(l.Description...)
 	}
 	switch l.Kind() {
 	case "image":
@@ -384,10 +383,10 @@ func (w *HTMLWriter) WriteHorizontalRule(h HorizontalRule) {
 }
 
 func (w *HTMLWriter) WriteNodeWithMeta(n NodeWithMeta) {
-	out := w.nodesAsString(n.Node)
+	out := w.WriteNodesAsString(n.Node)
 	if p, ok := n.Node.(Paragraph); ok {
 		if len(p.Children) == 1 && isImageOrVideoLink(p.Children[0]) {
-			out = w.nodesAsString(p.Children[0])
+			out = w.WriteNodesAsString(p.Children[0])
 		}
 	}
 	for _, attributes := range n.Meta.HTMLAttributes {
@@ -399,7 +398,7 @@ func (w *HTMLWriter) WriteNodeWithMeta(n NodeWithMeta) {
 			if i != 0 {
 				caption += " "
 			}
-			caption += w.nodesAsString(ns...)
+			caption += w.WriteNodesAsString(ns...)
 		}
 		out = fmt.Sprintf("<figure>\n%s<figcaption>\n%s\n</figcaption>\n</figure>\n", out, caption)
 	}
diff --git a/org/inline.go b/org/inline.go
index 09c58f1..c33701d 100644
--- a/org/inline.go
+++ b/org/inline.go
@@ -346,12 +346,12 @@ func (l RegularLink) Kind() string {
 	return "regular"
 }
 
-func (n Text) String() string              { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n LineBreak) String() string         { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n ExplicitLineBreak) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n StatisticToken) String() string    { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n Emphasis) String() string          { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n LatexFragment) String() string     { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n FootnoteLink) String() string      { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n RegularLink) String() string       { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n Timestamp) String() string         { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Text) String() string              { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n LineBreak) String() string         { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n ExplicitLineBreak) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n StatisticToken) String() string    { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Emphasis) String() string          { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n LatexFragment) String() string     { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n FootnoteLink) String() string      { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n RegularLink) String() string       { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Timestamp) String() string         { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
diff --git a/org/keyword.go b/org/keyword.go
index 7762417..3ab8804 100644
--- a/org/keyword.go
+++ b/org/keyword.go
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ func (d *Document) loadSetupFile(k Keyword) (int, Node) {
 	return 1, k
 }
 
-func (n Comment) String() string      { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n Keyword) String() string      { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n NodeWithMeta) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n NodeWithName) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n Include) String() string      { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Comment) String() string      { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Keyword) String() string      { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n NodeWithMeta) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n NodeWithName) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Include) String() string      { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
diff --git a/org/list.go b/org/list.go
index 6ba28f6..462e9fa 100644
--- a/org/list.go
+++ b/org/list.go
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ func (d *Document) parseListItem(l List, i int, parentStop stopFn) (int, Node) {
 	return i - start, ListItem{bullet, status, nodes}
 }
 
-func (n List) String() string                { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n ListItem) String() string            { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n DescriptiveListItem) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
+func (n List) String() string                { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n ListItem) String() string            { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n DescriptiveListItem) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
diff --git a/org/org_writer.go b/org/org_writer.go
index d574cda..8855df9 100644
--- a/org/org_writer.go
+++ b/org/org_writer.go
@@ -43,39 +43,33 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) WriterWithExtensions() Writer {
 func (w *OrgWriter) Before(d *Document) {}
 func (w *OrgWriter) After(d *Document)  {}
 
-func (w *OrgWriter) emptyClone() *OrgWriter {
-	wcopy := *w
-	wcopy.Builder = strings.Builder{}
-	return &wcopy
-}
-
-func (w *OrgWriter) nodesAsString(nodes ...Node) string {
-	tmp := w.emptyClone()
-	WriteNodes(tmp, nodes...)
-	return tmp.String()
+func (w *OrgWriter) WriteNodesAsString(nodes ...Node) string {
+	builder := w.Builder
+	w.Builder = strings.Builder{}
+	WriteNodes(w, nodes...)
+	out := w.String()
+	w.Builder = builder
+	return out
 }
 
 func (w *OrgWriter) WriteHeadline(h Headline) {
-	tmp := w.emptyClone()
-	tmp.WriteString(strings.Repeat("*", h.Lvl))
+	start := w.Len()
+	w.WriteString(strings.Repeat("*", h.Lvl))
 	if h.Status != "" {
-		tmp.WriteString(" " + h.Status)
+		w.WriteString(" " + h.Status)
 	}
 	if h.Priority != "" {
-		tmp.WriteString(" [#" + h.Priority + "]")
+		w.WriteString(" [#" + h.Priority + "]")
 	}
-	tmp.WriteString(" ")
-	WriteNodes(tmp, h.Title...)
-	hString := tmp.String()
+	w.WriteString(" ")
+	WriteNodes(w, h.Title...)
 	if len(h.Tags) != 0 {
 		tString := ":" + strings.Join(h.Tags, ":") + ":"
-		if n := w.TagsColumn - len(tString) - len(hString); n > 0 {
-			w.WriteString(hString + strings.Repeat(" ", n) + tString)
+		if n := w.TagsColumn - len(tString) - (w.Len() - start); n > 0 {
+			w.WriteString(strings.Repeat(" ", n) + tString)
 		} else {
-			w.WriteString(hString + " " + tString)
+			w.WriteString(" " + tString)
 		}
-	} else {
-		w.WriteString(hString)
 	}
 	w.WriteString("\n")
 	if len(h.Children) != 0 {
@@ -123,7 +117,7 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) WritePropertyDrawer(d PropertyDrawer) {
 
 func (w *OrgWriter) WriteFootnoteDefinition(f FootnoteDefinition) {
 	w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("[fn:%s]", f.Name))
-	content := w.nodesAsString(f.Children...)
+	content := w.WriteNodesAsString(f.Children...)
 	if content != "" && !unicode.IsSpace(rune(content[0])) {
 		w.WriteString(" ")
 	}
@@ -131,7 +125,7 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) WriteFootnoteDefinition(f FootnoteDefinition) {
 }
 
 func (w *OrgWriter) WriteParagraph(p Paragraph) {
-	content := w.nodesAsString(p.Children...)
+	content := w.WriteNodesAsString(p.Children...)
 	if len(content) > 0 && content[0] != '\n' {
 		w.WriteString(w.indent)
 	}
@@ -141,7 +135,7 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) WriteParagraph(p Paragraph) {
 func (w *OrgWriter) WriteExample(e Example) {
 	for _, n := range e.Children {
 		w.WriteString(w.indent + ":")
-		if content := w.nodesAsString(n); content != "" {
+		if content := w.WriteNodesAsString(n); content != "" {
 			w.WriteString(" " + content)
 		}
 		w.WriteString("\n")
@@ -185,10 +179,11 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) WriteComment(c Comment) {
 func (w *OrgWriter) WriteList(l List) { WriteNodes(w, l.Items...) }
 
 func (w *OrgWriter) WriteListItem(li ListItem) {
-	liWriter := w.emptyClone()
-	liWriter.indent = w.indent + strings.Repeat(" ", len(li.Bullet)+1)
-	WriteNodes(liWriter, li.Children...)
-	content := strings.TrimPrefix(liWriter.String(), liWriter.indent)
+	originalBuilder, originalIndent := w.Builder, w.indent
+	w.Builder, w.indent = strings.Builder{}, w.indent+strings.Repeat(" ", len(li.Bullet)+1)
+	WriteNodes(w, li.Children...)
+	content := strings.TrimPrefix(w.String(), w.indent)
+	w.Builder, w.indent = originalBuilder, originalIndent
 	w.WriteString(w.indent + li.Bullet)
 	if li.Status != "" {
 		w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" [%s]", li.Status))
@@ -207,14 +202,15 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) WriteDescriptiveListItem(di DescriptiveListItem) {
 	}
 	indent := w.indent + strings.Repeat(" ", len(di.Bullet)+1)
 	if len(di.Term) != 0 {
-		term := w.nodesAsString(di.Term...)
+		term := w.WriteNodesAsString(di.Term...)
 		w.WriteString(" " + term + " ::")
 		indent = indent + strings.Repeat(" ", len(term)+4)
 	}
-	diWriter := w.emptyClone()
-	diWriter.indent = indent
-	WriteNodes(diWriter, di.Details...)
-	details := strings.TrimPrefix(diWriter.String(), diWriter.indent)
+	originalBuilder, originalIndent := w.Builder, w.indent
+	w.Builder, w.indent = strings.Builder{}, indent
+	WriteNodes(w, di.Details...)
+	details := strings.TrimPrefix(w.String(), w.indent)
+	w.Builder, w.indent = originalBuilder, originalIndent
 	if len(details) > 0 && details[0] == '\n' {
 		w.WriteString(details)
 	} else {
@@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) WriteTable(t Table) {
 			w.WriteString(`|`)
 			for _, column := range row.Columns {
 				w.WriteString(` `)
-				content := w.nodesAsString(column.Children...)
+				content := w.WriteNodesAsString(column.Children...)
 				if content == "" {
 					content = " "
 				}
@@ -326,9 +322,6 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) WriteRegularLink(l RegularLink) {
 	} else if l.Description == nil {
 		w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s]]", l.URL))
 	} else {
-		descriptionWriter := w.emptyClone()
-		WriteNodes(descriptionWriter, l.Description...)
-		description := descriptionWriter.String()
-		w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s][%s]]", l.URL, description))
+		w.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("[[%s][%s]]", l.URL, w.WriteNodesAsString(l.Description...)))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/org/paragraph.go b/org/paragraph.go
index b7d3ea9..24f0554 100644
--- a/org/paragraph.go
+++ b/org/paragraph.go
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ func (d *Document) parseHorizontalRule(i int, parentStop stopFn) (int, Node) {
 	return 1, HorizontalRule{}
 }
 
-func (n Paragraph) String() string      { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
-func (n HorizontalRule) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Paragraph) String() string      { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
+func (n HorizontalRule) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
diff --git a/org/table.go b/org/table.go
index a404e1a..395588a 100644
--- a/org/table.go
+++ b/org/table.go
@@ -127,4 +127,4 @@ func isSpecialRow(rawColumns []string) bool {
 	return isAlignRow
 }
 
-func (n Table) String() string { return orgWriter.nodesAsString(n) }
+func (n Table) String() string { return orgWriter.WriteNodesAsString(n) }
diff --git a/org/writer.go b/org/writer.go
index c4aebd6..189d72e 100644
--- a/org/writer.go
+++ b/org/writer.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ type Writer interface {
 	String() string   // String is called at the very end to retrieve the final output.
 
 	WriterWithExtensions() Writer
+	WriteNodesAsString(...Node) string
 
 	WriteKeyword(Keyword)
 	WriteInclude(Include)