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Everyone can make a list. You don't need anything fancy, no special software or planner inserts. Just an old envelope and something to make marks on it. Or, if you must work on a keyboard, an open document....
Start with the mundane, the brain clutter:
 | bank deposit at lunchtime |
| take dog to vet |
| finish writing list for class |
Move on to something a little more interesting, perhaps a character's list of his or her mundane items:
| feed and water heiress |
| clip relevant items from today's paper |
| compose ransom note |
Maybe you don't have a theme yet. Perhaps you're still searching for the right combination of situation or setting to start developing a new story.
| list all the teachers whom you have reason to remember |
| list the collections you keep now or kept as a child |
| list what you would say to a talk show host if you were to appear on his or her program |
| list all the reasons why none of these list suggestions will work for you |
| list at least five topics for lists that you think would be worthwhile (and then e-mail your list to me!) |
| make a list of the lists you find out in the world, both real and virtual. Here is the monthly Harper's Index for inspiration. |