Game programming. Make your own game, yeah, but it does take some skills in programing, but you can find tutorials anywhere. Game engines I recommend(all free): Unity 3D Unreal Development Kit Multimedia Fusion 2(free trial) RPG Maker VX(free trial) And graphics designing: Maya 3DMax SketchUp(Free and simplest).
Programming is fun. Try to learn a coding language. C is the most used but has alot of crap in it.
Python is the easiest but it can be quite limited. The best language to learn for microsoft stuff is probably Basic, if you want to learn to make games like Minecraft, Java is a god way to go.
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.