jQuery Comment Box Question

jQuery Comment Box Question

So, I want to make a very basic and generic comment box in jQuery and HTML.  I was wondering if I could use the appendTo(); method to do so.  So here is my idea:

So, I make a new <li> element with the .appendTo()
  1. $('.btn').click(function() {
  2.     $('<li>').text().appendTo();
  3. })
After, in the text(), I add inputs from my HTML form.  (How do I do that?  Use a selector for a form with an input?) [Also, I have the btn class]

It then appends to a container containing the comments.  Is this possible?