diff --git a/org/html_writer.go b/org/html_writer.go
index 90a48c6..0db3be9 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()
+	original := w.Builder
+	w.Builder = strings.Builder{}
+	WriteNodes(w, nodes...)
+	out := w.String()
+	w.Builder = original
+	return out
 }
 
 func (w *HTMLWriter) WriterWithExtensions() Writer {
@@ -104,10 +101,12 @@ 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...)
 	}
diff --git a/org/org_writer.go b/org/org_writer.go
index d574cda..5005c51 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()
+	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 {
@@ -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))
@@ -211,10 +206,11 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) WriteDescriptiveListItem(di DescriptiveListItem) {
 		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 {
@@ -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.nodesAsString(l.Description...)))
 	}
 }