Felt sense

In English class we did an assignment to try and get in touch with our "felt sense". The reason for this assignment was to get us to write freely and possibly come up with a topic  for our "Crime and Punishment" paper. To me it wasn't helpful because I already knew my topic, but I did the assignment anyway. I'm not saying that this is a waste of time because it didn't help me this time. Some people in the class thought it was helpful. So next time it might help me. Overall it was a good assignment and helped me get some things off my mind and let my mind wonder.