Motivation is the art of making people believe in something that you want them to believe. It depends on a lot of things. Every person takes everything in a different way.
You have to know the person you are motivating. You have to know the kind of inclination he/she has towards that particular topic, thought or idea. Whether my words have motivated others is something quite simple to know.
If those people do start believing and doing what you tell them to then you know that they have been correctly motivated. ( Otherwise try not meeting those people anymore...lol) Yup my words have motivated a lot of people for doing a lot of things. Even preventing a suicide.
I haven't been as successful as I would have wanted to be, but I do have a certain degree of success to back me up. Best of luck n do get motivated.. more.
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.