My outlines tend to go something like this:
Chapter 1 – Introduction to character / characters
Chapter 2 – Conflict initiator
Chapter 3 – Character Y goes to see character X
And so on.
Everything else comes out from that -what the characters say, what they may be wearing / eating, or how weather is. All this is completely random and unpredictable.
Even sparsely done, I find that I need to have an outline to keep me on track as the story tends to drift off in random directions.
Do you outline or shoot straight from the hip? And if you do outline, how in-depth do you go?