Let's be real...I am paid hourly so a large motivator is overtime pay! It makes the long days and nights more worth it for sure. I believe one should work hard anyway though, basically because I believe in doing the best at whatever one is doing as a way of life.
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.