I think the ability to hear the 'voices' is at least in part a function of having flexed your imagination muscle enough. Not the only thing probably but no doubt it helps to have read a lot of other writers work, and spending time daydreaming about a storyline probably doesn't hurt either. I mean you think of a character and what genre of story you want to write and then let him/her run about in your mind a bit and watch what they do. Also work up at least a brief bio on them. The more you can visualize them in your mind the easier it may be to come up with the right words to describe what they are doing.
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