Should I just embrace what I'm best at writing?

I'm best at writing shitty stories. Not just shitty stories, but boring, mediocre shitty stories. That have no good reason for existing. But I find it hard to write better stories most of the time not because I can't write well be because I don't have the dedication and will and work ethic to write well most of the time.

Should I just dash off some shitty stories and hone to my true calling right now and then continue to write decent ones once in a while when I feel up to it?

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[Wise Cracker]

Well, depends. Should any writer only write what they feel compelled to do?

So you have a default. Big deal. It's a baseline, something to build on. If you feel more comfortable only writing shitty stories, then go ahead, but I can tell you up front you're not going to be any happier for it. If you stick to only your defaults, you will start to feel the rut, and not the nice kind of rut, either.

Start allocating, I'd say. Decide which ideas you want to be rid of for 'shitty' work and which ones deserve more effort. Then act accordingly.

Pull yourself together and put some damn effort into your deviancies, man. Freaks have a bad enough reputation without getting called lazy on top of it all.

[Fana Farouche]

Should I just dash off some shitty stories...

No. If you don't care, neither will we.

...write decent ones once in a while when I feel up to it?

Yes. If you care, the possibility exists that we might also.

The long and the short of it, really.

Sorry, but there it is.

[Trick Question]

That would depend on whether you're writing for yourself, or for others. I prefer the former case.

[Super Trampoline]

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[toxiconym]

No, you should write the long, tedious "good" stories that make you uncomfortable.
Sarcasm.