This is easy. When in 'Edit' mode up top click on the second tab that says "Summary Text". Uncheck the box that says 'Calculate summary automatically'Then in the 'Summary' box below type in your short description.
HubPages takes what you type in here and uses this as the web pages 'Meta Description' within the hub's HTML code automatically. Title also becomes the Title in the HTML code too. You have no way to to add Meta Keywords, but those are pretty much worthless anyways, so no worries there.
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.