Goodreads asked Scott Burtness:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Scott Burtness I once made a list. I was at a diner in Chicago with a friend, this was probably 1999 or 2000, and I wrote out a list of things I wanted to do in my lifetime. The list was written in crayon on a diner napkin. I don't remember all of it, but a couple of more interesting items were drive a cab in Seattle and live at a Tibetan monastery for a year.

What would've happened if I had actually done everything on that list? Would Trump be president? Would Prince still be alive? Would Fukushima be the site of an inter dimensional portal?

Wait, I think that happened. I think Fukushima IS the site of an inter dimensional portal...

Anyway... Someday, I think I'll write a book about a 20-something that makes a list at a diner in Chicago, and actually does everything on it ;-)

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