You clearly are taking a very narrow vision of STEEM and Steemit. The only reason that original novel writing wouldn't be a good fit is because of people like you shooting down quality writing because it isn't of interest to you.
Steemit makes an excellent proving ground for writers and content creators of all kinds, but not when good consistent work is being killed because of personal choices of whales.
As for your 'example' why would I want or even care if a Steemit post ranked anywhere on Reddit? I find that site a POS that I wouldn't spend 5 minutes on. That comes after having explored it several times wanting to discover what attraction the site could possibly hold.
So, basically YOU want posts on bitcoin or cryptocurrency and are trying to run off people who don't share your interests. Rather selfish and lacking vision for a guy who has an investment in this platform.
You seem to forget that everyone who posts content on this platform and receives rewards for doing so and don't withdraw those rewards is invested in this platform. That investment may not have the dollars that others have, but it is just as important to them. That includes people like @michelle.gent