Wow, good points!
I think I see the authors 'voice' as a mask he is wearing without being conscious about it. When you struggle to find the right word, avoid word repetion, making the words form sentences and make these sentences fit together, check spelling, all these tasks requires more than your full attention, and so you are blissfully unaware of the mask you're wearing. You have a used all your life at perfecting this mask - not artificially designing it, but by constantly trying to find the "right" words and and expressons. This makes your 'voice' fundamentally different from any other masks you choose to wear. Sorta like your mother tongue.
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