Thank you:) I think to an extent the creative process is standardized in the way people think and express their thoughts to develop an argument or explain a story. Academic papers especially all follow a formula with topic sentences, facts, and examples to support a thesis. But, I'd argue that even creative papers follow a formula such as a story arc or hero's journey type of deal. I mean when I really look at it, our sentences are standardized and formulaic too. What do you think?

I originally used "standardized creativity" to criticize the education system for controlling what we write about and what writing should look like. But in a way I ended up arguing for a different type of standardized creativity. Thanks for pointing that out!