You need to select a voice for your writing. Most writers opt for a third person narrator - the advantage is that the third person can see everything, first person narrators are limited to their own experiences. On the other hand, first person can be more relaxed, chatty, informal.
But at heart, the voice comes from you. Yes, you can adapt it, fictionalise it, create new characters who are nothing like you but usually you are in there somewhere, the way you talk, the way you write, the way you communicate, the phrases you use.
We all have phrases we like. Look at former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, he can’t say a sentence when he wants to be sincere without saying ‘now look’.
We all have phrases, words we use, and they will come through in our writing. Something to be aware of as we write so that they do not dominate.
John Dean
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