I agree with you that publishing a bunch of dreck isn’t going to be useful or have a positive effect. If you publish poor quality articles it doesn’t matter how often you get your work out there, no one is going to read it. I mention in several articles that while lots of people repeat the advice to write and publish every day I don’t agree that this is for everyone. I discuss the need to find your own path and your way of doing things here which you might find useful:
If you find you can’t write regularly for whatever reason you might want to try this strategy. During some of your down time, come up with three to five topics you can easily write on and put one each on an index card. Write out the first paragraph and the last one if possible. If you are an outliner, write a topic sentence for each paragraph or at least list the subtopics you will be covering. Whenever you don’t feel like you can write something you can pull out the cards and flip through them hopefully finding something you can easily write up relatively quickly while still maintaining quality. Whenever you really can’t write, add new topic cards or expand on old ones. You can also do this by putting them in your drafts folder so you can easily pull them up and add to them whenever you choose. Ultimately, you have to find what words best for you based on your goals for your writing life. Good luck and thanks for weighing in!
