Possible Spoiler!
Questing is always a personal choice, but here's what I did:
Chapter 1: Escape the dungeon (Gain Imoen, Minsc, Jahiera & Yoshimo.)
Imoen & Irenicus Arrested (Lose Imoen.)
Explore the Promenade. Circus quest (Gain Aerie.)
Head for the Slums.
Chapter 2: Meet Gaelen Bayle (get up off floor after you hear the price for aid!)
Go to the Copper Coronet to look for Sellsword work (Gain Nalia.)
Go to the Government District (Gain Jan Jansen, Lose Yoshimo.)
Head for De'Arnise Keep. Turn around with Poisoned Harper.
Do the Harper Hideout Quest. Save Jahiera from her Curse.
Head for D'Arnise Keep again. Continued to Trademeet. Etc....
As things came up, I tried to respond accordingly, but headed back to whatever major subplot I was persuing at the time. I completed most of the "Out of Town" quests in chapter 2. I did most of the "Undead Quests" (Liches, Vampires, etc.) in chapter 3. After that I concentrated mostly on the Main storyline until the end (although I did finish the Planer Sphere in Chapter 6. I just had to have Crom Faeyr!)
As I said up front, Questing is a personal choice, but there did seem to be some logic to randomness of the subplots. Hope this helps!
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