编写文本编辑器时保存数据的好方法

I am planning to do a text editor in c. So just wanted to know what data structure is good to save the text. I read using linked list was one way to do it, but not efficient. Please point me to some references where I can get a good idea of what need to use. I am planning to use ncurses library for getting the user input and capturing keys and UI.I am planning to do a text editor in c. So just