What works for me is to tilt your head to the side and place the palm of your hand flat against your ear. With your head tilted push your palm against your ear and head to the point that you create a suction. This should pull most of the water out of your ear.
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.