It’s hard to fathom that someone at some point wouldn’t have thought, “*hmmm, maybe just standing in a big line waiting to get shot isn’t the most optimal tactic*”
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It wasn’t really just like dodgeball lines, a lot of time, it was small columns, where row one would fire, duck down, row two would fire, etc. This was necessitated because muskets load slow. Even though it was riskier against things like cavalry, it was the best frontage to do volleyfire.
Remember, muskets weren’t great at direct aim and hit, so volley created a wall of ammo that would keep the other guys back.
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