Methods

My first method of writing was the Idea. A scene would pop into my brain, and I would write that out. The problem is that one scene does not make a story, and you can write a thousand words for one scene. The two or three short stories I've written have really been simple scenes or a few scenes strung together, but there's no progression. Things happen, but nothing changes.
The scene merges with the method of streaming conscience. You sit down, you type, and then when you're done typing you have a story. When I read On Writing by Stephen King I got that idea. Just sit down kid, type until your fingers go numb, and you've got a story.
I listened to Robert McKee's book, Story. He makes the case for outlining, and Eric Nylund uses this method too. For now I'm going to dabble in some of both stream of conscience and outlining. I've got too many stories that aren't complete and will require major revisions for subsequent drafts.