Earmarked Pages of The Writer's Tale

I've finally finished reading Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale (Doctor Who) by Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook - the heavy hardback 'untold' story of the making of the TV Doctor Who series. It's taken me 6 months and when I posted about it in October last year, I couldn't imagine it taking me that long to read. The last non-fiction book that took me almost as long was 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare

I hadn't expected to earmark so many pages of The Writer's Tale. (I referred to one of my earmarked pages of Robert McKee's Story the other day. I knew it would be useful sooner or later.) I'm not sure when or if the others will be of any future reference in my writing but the one that has already answered the question that has been bothering me for so long - 'What is Voice?' is already magnificently supporting me in my writing. Page 501 - (of 512, including the index!)has the answer. You could skip the other 511 pages but the weight of the question only feels truly lifted when putting down the heavy volume after 6 months. Anyway, I can't give away the ending! Oh, all right then - the answer is a long and satisfying one but essentially, it's about you and who you are and how you think - but don't think about it!

I never - never - sit there thinking, what's my voice? You might as well ponder, who am I? It is in fact the same thing.
Russell T Davies 'The Writer's Tale'

So now I understand what publishers and editors and agents and other established authors mean when they say write from the heart - I always thought they meant write passionately but what I think they mean is write from the heart of you or more accurately from your head because no one else can read your thoughts - unless you write them down.

You find your voice by writing, by experience. It doesn't matter what exactly you're writing, just that you are writing.
Russell T Davies 'The Writer's Tale'