The only draw of markdown is that it's just plain text. If the overhead of learning it doesn't appeal to you then I think a standard WYSIWYG word processor would be a better choice.
I don't see how WYSIWYG conflicts with markdowns version controllability, which is it's real advantage over something like MS word. FYI, markdown has WYSIWYG editors already, and this is one of them. This one relies on keyboard shortcuts versus clickable hints, which MS word offers, making it appealing to a non programmer
