I am very cautious person and most of my life has been ruled by fear of things. I have never flown on a plane - scared to death it will crash - that kind of thing. So fear does not motivate me to succeed, rather it tends to cripple me.
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.