Written by: John Jackson Miller
8/28/2007 12:00 AM

You'd figure something called "the Seinfeldian Chain" would relate to how to integrate completely unrelated plotlines all into a single comic payoff. In fact, it's a pretty simple organizing trick to help writers write, artists draw, and bloggers blog — as described here on LifeHacker. It's all about inertia — the object in motion tending to stay in motion.

Born and raised a journalist, deadlines have always tended to be my major motivating factor. But since going fully freelance, I've begun to use something like the Chain on my own calendar to manage multiple projects at once, so everything doesn't pile up and I get something done on each pending assignment each day. I'm still tinkering with it, but the goal is not to have to rely on the Dreaded Deadline Doom for anything more than ulcers. Maybe it'll result in me blogging more frequently, who knows...

Thanks to Cat's blog for the link — check out her useful advice for gamers!

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