diff --git a/default_environment/templates/html/line_break.dust b/default_environment/templates/html/line_break.dust
index 8749759..1915ec1 100644
--- a/default_environment/templates/html/line_break.dust
+++ b/default_environment/templates/html/line_break.dust
@@ -1 +1 @@
-line_break
+<br/>
diff --git a/default_environment/templates/html/plain_list.dust b/default_environment/templates/html/plain_list.dust
index 56e8975..fdc240e 100644
--- a/default_environment/templates/html/plain_list.dust
+++ b/default_environment/templates/html/plain_list.dust
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-plain_list
+{@select key=.list_type}
+  {@eq value="unordered"}<ul>{#.children}{>plain_list_item/}{/.children}</ul>{/eq}
+  {@eq value="ordered"}<ol>{#.children}{>plain_list_item/}{/.children}</ol>{/eq}
+  {@eq value="descriptive"}<dl>{#.children}{>plain_list_item/}{/.children}</dl>{/eq}
+  {@none}{!TODO: make this panic!}ERROR: Unrecognized list type {.list_type}.{/none}
+{/select}
diff --git a/default_environment/templates/html/plain_list_item.dust b/default_environment/templates/html/plain_list_item.dust
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8634420
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default_environment/templates/html/plain_list_item.dust
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{@select key=list_type}
+  {@eq value="unordered"}<li>{#.children}{>element/}{/.children}</li>{/eq}
+  {@eq value="ordered"}<li>{#.children}{>element/}{/.children}</li>{/eq}
+  {@eq value="descriptive"}<dt>{#.tag}{>object/}{/.tag}</dt><dd>{#.children}{>element/}{/.children}</dd>{/eq}
+  {@none}{!TODO: make this panic!}ERROR: Unrecognized list type {.list_type}.{/none}
+{/select}
diff --git a/src/context/mod.rs b/src/context/mod.rs
index 7c50714..25ae64c 100644
--- a/src/context/mod.rs
+++ b/src/context/mod.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ mod org_macro;
 mod paragraph;
 mod plain_link;
 mod plain_list;
+mod plain_list_item;
 mod plain_text;
 mod planning;
 mod property_drawer;
diff --git a/src/context/plain_list.rs b/src/context/plain_list.rs
index 8c239f4..b6b61b9 100644
--- a/src/context/plain_list.rs
+++ b/src/context/plain_list.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::error::CustomError;
 use crate::intermediate::IPlainList;
 
+use super::plain_list_item::RenderPlainListItem;
+
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "type")]
 #[serde(rename = "plain_list")]
-pub(crate) struct RenderPlainList {}
+pub(crate) struct RenderPlainList {
+    list_type: String,
+    children: Vec<RenderPlainListItem>,
+}
 
 impl RenderPlainList {
     pub(crate) fn new(
@@ -18,6 +23,27 @@ impl RenderPlainList {
         output_file: &Path,
         original: &IPlainList,
     ) -> Result<RenderPlainList, CustomError> {
-        Ok(RenderPlainList {})
+        let list_type = match original.list_type {
+            organic::types::PlainListType::Unordered => "unordered".to_owned(),
+            organic::types::PlainListType::Ordered => "ordered".to_owned(),
+            organic::types::PlainListType::Descriptive => "descriptive".to_owned(),
+        };
+        let children = {
+            let mut ret = Vec::new();
+            for obj in original.children.iter() {
+                ret.push(RenderPlainListItem::new(
+                    config,
+                    &output_directory,
+                    &output_file,
+                    obj,
+                )?);
+            }
+            ret
+        };
+
+        Ok(RenderPlainList {
+            list_type,
+            children,
+        })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/context/plain_list_item.rs b/src/context/plain_list_item.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cfe106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/context/plain_list_item.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use serde::Serialize;
+
+use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::error::CustomError;
+use crate::intermediate::IPlainListItem;
+
+use super::RenderElement;
+use super::RenderObject;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "type")]
+#[serde(rename = "plain_list_item")]
+pub(crate) struct RenderPlainListItem {
+    tag: Vec<RenderObject>,
+    children: Vec<RenderElement>,
+}
+
+impl RenderPlainListItem {
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        config: &Config,
+        output_directory: &Path,
+        output_file: &Path,
+        original: &IPlainListItem,
+    ) -> Result<RenderPlainListItem, CustomError> {
+        let tag = {
+            let mut ret = Vec::new();
+            for obj in original.tag.iter() {
+                ret.push(RenderObject::new(
+                    config,
+                    &output_directory,
+                    &output_file,
+                    obj,
+                )?);
+            }
+            ret
+        };
+
+        let children = {
+            let mut ret = Vec::new();
+            for obj in original.children.iter() {
+                ret.push(RenderElement::new(
+                    config,
+                    &output_directory,
+                    &output_file,
+                    obj,
+                )?);
+            }
+            ret
+        };
+        Ok(RenderPlainListItem { tag, children })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/intermediate/mod.rs b/src/intermediate/mod.rs
index af8cb43..ac1f411 100644
--- a/src/intermediate/mod.rs
+++ b/src/intermediate/mod.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ mod page;
 mod paragraph;
 mod plain_link;
 mod plain_list;
+mod plain_list_item;
 mod plain_text;
 mod planning;
 mod property_drawer;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ pub(crate) use page::BlogPostPage;
 pub(crate) use paragraph::IParagraph;
 pub(crate) use plain_link::IPlainLink;
 pub(crate) use plain_list::IPlainList;
+pub(crate) use plain_list_item::IPlainListItem;
 pub(crate) use plain_text::IPlainText;
 pub(crate) use planning::IPlanning;
 pub(crate) use property_drawer::IPropertyDrawer;
diff --git a/src/intermediate/plain_list.rs b/src/intermediate/plain_list.rs
index 3b1eac8..2065403 100644
--- a/src/intermediate/plain_list.rs
+++ b/src/intermediate/plain_list.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,30 @@
 use crate::error::CustomError;
 
 use super::registry::Registry;
+use super::IPlainListItem;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub(crate) struct IPlainList {}
+pub(crate) struct IPlainList {
+    pub(crate) list_type: organic::types::PlainListType,
+    pub(crate) children: Vec<IPlainListItem>,
+}
 
 impl IPlainList {
     pub(crate) async fn new<'parse>(
         registry: &mut Registry<'parse>,
         plain_list: &organic::types::PlainList<'parse>,
     ) -> Result<IPlainList, CustomError> {
-        Ok(IPlainList {})
+        let children = {
+            let mut ret = Vec::new();
+            for obj in plain_list.children.iter() {
+                ret.push(IPlainListItem::new(registry, obj).await?);
+            }
+            ret
+        };
+
+        Ok(IPlainList {
+            list_type: plain_list.list_type,
+            children,
+        })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/intermediate/plain_list_item.rs b/src/intermediate/plain_list_item.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a77b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/intermediate/plain_list_item.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use crate::error::CustomError;
+
+use super::registry::Registry;
+use super::IElement;
+use super::IObject;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub(crate) struct IPlainListItem {
+    pub(crate) tag: Vec<IObject>,
+    pub(crate) children: Vec<IElement>,
+}
+
+impl IPlainListItem {
+    pub(crate) async fn new<'parse>(
+        registry: &mut Registry<'parse>,
+        plain_list_item: &organic::types::PlainListItem<'parse>,
+    ) -> Result<IPlainListItem, CustomError> {
+        let tag = {
+            let mut ret = Vec::new();
+            for obj in plain_list_item.tag.iter() {
+                ret.push(IObject::new(registry, obj).await?);
+            }
+            ret
+        };
+
+        let children = {
+            let mut ret = Vec::new();
+            for elem in plain_list_item.children.iter() {
+                ret.push(IElement::new(registry, elem).await?);
+            }
+            ret
+        };
+
+        Ok(IPlainListItem { tag, children })
+    }
+}