Both pieces are based on the topic of finding your voice in writing. About making it your own and giving your voice a distinct sound and style. They both discuss that it is natural for new writers to take on another writer's style and use it as a "prop." The works speak of how you should keep your writing new, by removing clichés and overused phrases. The goal is to be able to write two books about completely different topics and when readers read them both they can tell that you wrote them.
The big difference between the two is that "Finding Your Voice" makes you think about using your own style instead of another writer's, because by doing that you loose more and more of the message that you wish to convey. Because when you try to capture the truth of what you are saying in someone else's style you are removing yourself one step further. "On Writing Well" is a lot more blunt and outright when telling you that you shouldn't use another writer's style. It explains that you shouldn't use clichés and that when trying to convey an effortless style you still need to have proper grammar (you don't want to be "just pals" with the reader.)
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