ll.h

#ifndef LL_H
#define LL_H

typedef struct Node {
    int value;
    struct Node* next;
} Node;

Node* make_node(int value, Node* next);

#endif

ll.c

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#include "ll.h"

Node* make_node(int value, Node* next) {
    Node* node = (Node*)malloc(sizeof(Node));
    node->value = value;
    node->next = next;
    return node;
}

main.c

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

#include "ll.h"

int main() {
    Node* n1 = make_node(4, NULL);
    Node* n2 = make_node(7, n1);
    Node* n3 = make_node(3, n2);

    printf(
        "%d->%d->%d\n",
        n3->value,
        n3->next->value,
        n3->next->next->value);

    free(n3);
    free(n2);
    free(n1);
}

Makefile

CC = gcc
CFLAGS = -g -Wall -std=c11

try_lists: main.o ll.o
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o try_lists main.o ll.o

main.o: main.c ll.h
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c main.c

ll.o: ll.c ll.h
    $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c ll.c