The decision as to whether or not you should make an outline for your novel seems to be more a question of personality rather than functionality.  If you have a really clean house, if order is important to you, you may want to outline your novel.  I have neither an orderly house nor an orderly mind.  What guides me in writing a story is the knowledge of what a story is.  The protagonist is going to be in conflict and that conflict will escalate into some kind of climax.  Hopefully, the character will change as a result of his/her struggles.  So outlining is not necessary, unless, like I said, you thrive on order.

That said, my agent recently ask for a detailed outline for my current work-in-progress, I young adult novel called—oops, sorry, it's top secret.  So here I am outlining my novel.  Go figure.  Greg

P.S.  Last night I was watching Larry McMurty's Comanche Moon and I did not see a single Indian moon anybody.  Clearly, this is an example of a story not living up to its title.

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