Forget market or publishers or whatever. Just write with fire and joy, and in my own experience, those are the stories of mine people have wanted to read.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You have to write the story that's at the front of your head. There is no point in trying to write for the market; it won't ring true.
I want my writing to reach people. I don't write for a market. I write from my heart, something that appeals to me. The marketing, segmenting etc., can be done by your publisher, not you.
Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market. It may well have vanished by the time your book's ready.
I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good.
At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing.
Agents and publishers only want one thing - good writing.
Writers aren't in competition with one another. It isn't a zero sum game. If you have a good book, a good cover, a good product description, and a low price, you can sell well.
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
A writer can't afford to just focus on writing and leave marketing aside in today's competitive market.