I've always been a wordy mofo, so I tend towards the longer, hand-crafted pieces as opposed to the mentality of 'write two sentences, throw in a picture, and call it a day' approach. I can understand both, but my thought is I'd rather create something people actually enjoyed reading because that increases my chance of an upvote, resteem, and/or following.

That said, when you don't have much time, I think it's important to put something up there, just so you've always got a little something rolling in each day. :)