Embrace Seinfeld’s ‘Don’t break the chain’ to be a better writer

Jerry Seinfeld is a great comedian because he is a great writer.

He became a great writer due to this simple strategy:

“Don’t break the chain.”

Show up every day to write.

When Brad Isaac was a starting comedian he came across Seinfeld at a club where he was performing.

In an interview on Lifehacker, Isaac asked Seinfeld for tips on making it as a comedian.

Seinfeld said the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes, and the way to create better jokes was to write every day. He told him to get a big wall calendar with a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall.

The next step was to get a big red magic marker. He said that each day I do my writing task, I get to put a big red X over that day.

“After a few days, you’ll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day.”

You’ll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job is to not break the chain.”

Stephen King is another writer who is known for writing every day.

He says:

“Your job is to make sure the muse knows where…