Writing a Novel Without an Outline

Dean Wesley Smith has written several hundred novels and shares his process in writing into the dark, how to write a novel without an outline. He talks about cycling, where he writes a scene, then cycles back to read through it and make changes as necessary every time he sits down to write. His creative brain just doesn't work that way. I have vague ideas about what these stories might be someday, but they take years to emerge. Most of the folders are empty, but they are placeholders for the muse.