Like thought provoking, but not as strong as that. Thought poking.

I'm trying a writing technique that I haven't tried in more than five years. It's the first writing technique that I ever used, and I haven't used it in five years because it's kind of crap in some ways, and kind of limiting in all its other ways. It can be effectively pulled off, but it hasn't often been done well. So I haven't used it.

But now I am. And it isn't making me think of much except that I haven't used it in a while. I'm using it in a way slightly different than I had back then, though, and that's proving a little interesting.

Ya'll might be able to guess what technique it is from this clue: maximum immediacy.