Modularity in creative work can support creative iteration

Note: this is still a very loose, disconnected series of unfinished thoughts that need fleshing out.

Why I think this could work:

• You start from the middle: If you've ever done creative writing of any sort you might've already heard about the narrative technique of "in medias res". Our natural instinct is to start a story where it would chronologically make the most sense: "It was 1980 and I had just graduated high school". Unfortunately, what makes sense chronologically does not make for much of a compelling read. A good creative exercise is to find the height of the drama and action, and start there.
• No post-hoc rationalisation: You aren't forcing connections in advance: you are not coming up with a conclusion and then rationalising every creative step to achieve this outcome, you are allowing it to evolve organically
• Reduce friction: You're reducing friction, not demanding more of yourself or working harder. You do not need to grapple with the blank page. You create incrementally

Areas where I think it could fail:

• Reduced expressivity: If art is meant to capture a specific moment or state of mind, this does not qualify. If art is meant to be naked self-expression, spontaneous, if it's meant to capture a feeling or a fleeting moment, I don't propose this is the solution. I believe this system would work for more considered, rule-based work. Work with structure that needs to be reviewed and revisited. It might be an interesting experiment to use it as a stream-of-consciousness way of capturing information, to later collect and organise it further down the line. Maybe this is what each line oa poem is.