For VSTO is possible with VS 2008 and. NET 3.5 look at this picture blogs.msdn.com/b/jensha/archive/2010/04/... for Interop change references to office 14, excel 14 and clean/recompile.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.