i've written from a lot of perspectives. my main character now is going to be non-binary (can't decide if ey is going to be agender or genderfluid, though...or something else). it's easier if you already have their personality figured out in your head, and how they're going to react to things.

"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you."-Nietzsche
Check out "The Ice Floe"