diff --git a/formatting.cabal b/formatting.cabal
--- a/formatting.cabal
+++ b/formatting.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                formatting
-version:             3.1.1
+version:             3.1.2
 synopsis:            Combinator-based type-safe formatting (like printf() or FORMAT)
 description:         Combinator-based type-safe formatting (like printf() or FORMAT), modelled from the HoleyMonoids package.
 license:             BSD3
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
                      Formatting.Formatters,
                      Formatting.ShortFormatters,
                      Formatting.Examples,
-                     Formatting.Time
+                     Formatting.Time,
+                     Formatting.Internal
   build-depends:     base >= 4 && < 5,
                      text-format,
                      text,
diff --git a/src/Formatting/Internal.hs b/src/Formatting/Internal.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Formatting/Internal.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-- | Internal format starters.
+
+module Formatting.Internal where
+
+import           Formatting.Holey
+
+import           Data.Text.Lazy         (Text)
+import           Data.Text.Lazy.Builder (Builder)
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Builder as T
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.IO      as T
+import           System.IO
+
+-- | Run the formatter and return a "Text" value.
+format :: Holey Builder Text a -> a
+format m = runHM m T.toLazyText
+
+-- | Run the formatter and return a "Builder" value.
+bprint :: Holey Builder Builder a -> a
+bprint m = runHM m id
+
+-- | Run the formatter and print out the text to stdout.
+fprint :: Holey Builder (IO ()) a -> a
+fprint m = runHM m (T.putStr . T.toLazyText)
+
+-- | Run the formatter and put the output onto the given "Handle".
+hprint :: Handle -> Holey Builder (IO ()) a -> a
+hprint h m = runHM m (T.hPutStr h . T.toLazyText)