diff --git a/examples/custom_handler.rs b/examples/custom_handler.rs
index f0541c5..71476c7 100644
--- a/examples/custom_handler.rs
+++ b/examples/custom_handler.rs
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         let mut contents = String::new();
         file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
 
-        let cursor = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+        let mut cursor = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
 
         //let mut render = DefaultHtmlRender::new(cursor, &contents);
         // comment the following line and uncomment the line above to use the default handler
-        let mut render = HtmlRender::new(CustomHtmlHandler, cursor, &contents);
+        let mut render = HtmlRender::new(CustomHtmlHandler, &mut cursor, &contents);
 
         render.render()?;
 
         println!(
             "{}",
-            String::from_utf8(render.into_writer().into_inner()).expect("invalid utf-8")
+            String::from_utf8(cursor.into_inner()).expect("invalid utf-8")
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/export/mod.rs b/src/export/mod.rs
index 7927b43..97f26dc 100644
--- a/src/export/mod.rs
+++ b/src/export/mod.rs
@@ -15,15 +15,10 @@ macro_rules! create_render {
 
         impl<'a, W: Write> $default_render<'a, W> {
             #[inline]
-            pub fn new(writer: W, text: &'a str) -> Self {
+            pub fn new(writer: &'a mut W, text: &'a str) -> Self {
                 $default_render($render::new($default_handler, writer, text))
             }
 
-            #[inline]
-            pub fn into_writer(self) -> W {
-                self.0.writer
-            }
-
             #[inline]
             pub fn render(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
                 self.0.render()
@@ -33,11 +28,11 @@ macro_rules! create_render {
         pub struct $render<'a, W: Write, H: $handler<W>> {
             pub parser: Parser<'a>,
             handler: H,
-            writer: W,
+            writer: &'a mut W,
         }
 
         impl<'a, W: Write, H: $handler<W>> $render<'a, W, H> {
-            pub fn new(handler: H, writer: W, text: &'a str) -> Self {
+            pub fn new(handler: H, writer: &'a mut W, text: &'a str) -> Self {
                 $render {
                     parser: Parser::new(text),
                     handler,
@@ -45,10 +40,6 @@ macro_rules! create_render {
                 }
             }
 
-            pub fn into_writer(self) -> W {
-                self.writer
-            }
-
             pub fn render(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
                 use crate::parser::Event::*;
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 829db65..79aa396 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
 //! * Title 4
 //! =Section 4=";
 //!
-//! let cursor = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
-//! let mut render = DefaultHtmlRender::new(cursor, &contents);
+//! let mut cursor = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+//! let mut render = DefaultHtmlRender::new(&mut cursor, &contents);
 //!
 //! render
 //!     .render()
 //!     .expect("something went wrong rendering the file");
 //!
-//! let result = String::from_utf8(render.into_writer().into_inner()).expect("invalid utf-8");
+//! let result = String::from_utf8(cursor.into_inner()).expect("invalid utf-8");
 //! ```
 //!
 //! or `impl HtmlHandler` to create your own render. The following example
@@ -79,15 +79,15 @@
 //! * Title 4
 //! =Section 4=";
 //!
-//! let cursor = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
+//! let mut cursor = Cursor::new(Vec::new());
 //!
-//! let mut render = HtmlRender::new(CustomHtmlHandler, cursor, &contents);
+//! let mut render = HtmlRender::new(CustomHtmlHandler, &mut cursor, &contents);
 //!
 //! render
 //!     .render()
 //!     .expect("something went wrong rendering the file");
 //!
-//! let result = String::from_utf8(render.into_writer().into_inner()).expect("invalid utf-8");
+//! let result = String::from_utf8(cursor.into_inner()).expect("invalid utf-8");
 //! ```
 
 #[macro_use]