Although I know a lot of hubbers think that the Hubpages team should be doing other things rather than working on Hubpages accolades, I do think that would be a good idea. Not only that but also I am between 10k and 100k and it seems like it will be quite a long time to get the accolade of 100k so it would be nice to get something in between! I think accolades like this do encourage us to write more, even if subconsciously we want to reach that next milestone!
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.