One of the finest drummers I ever worked with used a small bass drum, a snare, one tom, a high hat, a crash cymbal and a ride cymbal. Three drums, three cymbals. He could make more real music with that than anyone I'd ever seen drag 1200 pounds of equipment onto a stage.
But he wasn't a drummer, he was a musician called a percussionist. That was the difference. And yeah, I've seen guys with three-bass sets, 12 toms and 200 pounds of brass hanging off everything who couldn't count to four.
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.