Yes, I have made 13 without being paid. You need to have a lot of regular viewers to get paid, and I mean at least like 5000 per week.
Do you have to get paid for YouTube videos. Just think about that for a second. Why the hell would you have to get paid I think you're probably trying to ask a different question but have failed.
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.