Writing from another's perspective...

This is what I've learned, writer's write about what they know.    This is what I know, most of my writing is from my perspective based on events from my life.  This is what I'm trying, it's not about me.  I've made a list of possible different perspectives... 

• A seven year old boy from a tangled, troubled home
• A pregnant teenager
• An elderly widow
• A single father
• A single mother battling cancer
• A young, successful woman  hiding a drug addiction
• A successful middle-aged man hiding his alcoholism
• A veteran of the Iraqi war trying to fit back into American society
• A six year old boy who is at war with himself
• A new mother

From the Pocket Muse

Most Good Stories Are About Trouble

• Trouble getting from point A to point B
• Trouble being understood
• Trouble understanding
• Trouble doing something
• Trouble having something done to you
• Trouble talking
• Trouble listening
• Trouble within
• Trouble without
• Trouble being human

I wonder what would happen when I combine one of the characters above with one of the pieces about trouble from above...

An elderly widow who has trouble getting from point A to point B
A seven year old boy who has trouble being understood
A six year old boy who has trouble talking