Voice

I thought it fitting that Today's writing topic of the day be about Voice. I am doing my residency for my MFA program, and voice seems to be the theme. How do you handle voice in your writing? Do you actually sit and think about what kind of voice you will use in your writing? Or does it just come naturally? In one of our discussions we talked about how an author can have a clear and distinct voice. There are some writers that can write fifty books, and everytime you pick up their work, you instantly know it's them. They have a clear and distinct voice. Grace Paley is an author that came up in the discussion. She was used as an example of a writer who could write anything and be identified because of her clear and distinct voice. Does your writing have a clear and distinct voice?