Applescript Turning list in .txt file into Choose From List

I am working on an applescript that will take a list of names in a .txt file and turn it into a list that the user can choose from in a "Choose from list" box.

While you can put a variable into the list brackets ( ex.: {variable_name, variable_name2}) and then assign a string to each variable, so that variable_name can stand for "2", "3", "4", and that will make 4 separate items in the dialog box. Example:

set variable_name to {"2", "3", "4"}

choose from list variable_name --

It displays 3 items to click in the choose from list box

But when I try:

set variable_name to (read file TextFile.txt)

choose from list variable_name

It displays 1 item to click in the choose from list box.

When I write to the .txt file, I'm using this command:

my WriteLog("\"2\", \"3\"")

on WriteLog(the_text)

set this_story to the_text

set this_file to (((path to desktop folder) as text) & "TextFile.txt")

my write_to_file(this_story, this_file, true)

end WriteLog

on write_to_file(this_data, target_file, append_data) -- (string, file path as string, boolean)

try

set the target_file to the target_file as text

set the open_target_file to ¬

open for access file target_file with write permission

if append_data is false then ¬

set eof of the open_target_file to 0

write this_data to the open_target_file starting at eof

close access the open_target_file

return true

on error

try

close access file target_file

end try

return false

end try

end write_to_file