Understanding Composing by Sandra Perl

Question : What aspects of Sandra Perl's thinking seems to be the most important for you ?

In Sandra Perl's "Understanding Composing" there's a step during the writing process that isn't seen or can be recorded my writers. Some writers don't even know that their doing it. She called it "felt sense" which is this feeling that a writer can get at any point during the writing process that can help them determine which direction they want to take their writing. Felt sense is important because anyone can put words on a paper, anyone can follow the rules on writing and come up with a piece of literature. But if while writing you tap into your felt sense and take a step back from the paper and let what you feel take you where you need to go instead of just relying on your brain you can produce a deep and meaningful piece of writing. I'm not saying that you cant do that without using your felt sense, when you do use it..it can make everything so much clearer for the writer. Its letting your mind and body connect and using both the rules of writing and what you FEEL about whatever topic your writing about. The best part is you can always go back to it. If a writer was feeling overwhelmed or bored or lost with a topic, they can take a step back, take a deep breath and ask themselves "where do I want this to go?" "What am I trying to convey to my writer?" Once those questions are floating around in their brain they can relax and let the answers come to them. Let what you feel take over you and then let your pen do the rest.