This worksheet is one I was turned on to on writer twitter.  Through multiple grape vines, an editor and other writers have vetted this for their plotting and their editing. You can find a free copy, as well as other free writing tools on Nadine's website below.

http://nadineavola.com/treasure-box/

The gist of it is filling in these pivotal moments which all connect to each other to make sure that you've either got a logical and connected plot before you write, or that your draft is hitting all of these elements correctly.

Cassandra, a freelance editor, has used this many times and Nadine's worksheet comes from her. Her website is here:

http://www.onlycassandra.com/2011/08/nine-grid-plan.html?m=1

On her website, she has filled out the grid with a bit more information and done a sample one for Pride and Prejudice. Since I've gone over that book a lot in previous story structure chapters, I thought I would add it here for you all to see.

There are a few pieces which I think weren't quite filled in correctly/fully. Specifically box two, where she only specifies what happens with Mrs. Bennett, Jane, and Bingley. One of the major turning points there is also Elizabeth going to stay with Jane, and this really begins to cement Darcy's love for her.

Since I'm in the planning stages of turning my novella, The Dark Heir (thinking just Dark Heir in the end), into a full-length novel, I decided to try this out with just handwriting it. I also quickly jotted one down to help me outline my sequel, Dark Magic. 

I doubt you'll be able to read my chicken-scratch, but suffice to say, it has been a useful exercise. My last box for the sequel is left blank because I don't really know what's going to happen here.

While I love plot structure, I'm a "discovery writer" or "pantser" at heart I think. It really helps me to have some sort of general but vague outline - even if it's just following the Hero's Journey, or reminding myself of the story structure beats I need to hit - but I find I rarely know what is going to happen at the very end until I've written 3/4 of the story. I like seeing where it will go on its own, with a bit of structure to light the way.

Most of these elements correspond directly to different pieces of story structure I've mentioned before.

Box 1: Triggering Event = Global/Act 1 Inciting Incident

Box 2: Characterization - This is all about how your character(s) reacts to the inciting incident. It would correspond to the "Reaction Unit" in the "Writing the Perfect Scene" Chapter. 

Box 3: First Turning Point - This corresponds to the Act 1 Climax and Resolution, which is also a global Progressive Complication - in Save The Cat, this corresponds to the "Break into Two" beat.

Box 4: Exposition - I'm not a huge fan of the name of this box because I think it's misleading. It does often correspond to a flashback or a "B-story," but make sure you're not info dumping here. The term exposition often gets used to describe poor writing or unnecessary information, and while it doesn't have to mean that, the association is not always good. This may be a "breather" for the reader in terms of tension, but the author never gets a "breather" in terms of craft.

Box 5: Connect the Dots - This corresponds usually to the Midpoint, or the Global and Act 2 Crisis. This is where everything necessary for your main character's arc to change comes together in one big crisis moment and forces them to see the world differently. It doesn't mean tying up all the loose ends/ closing all the loops - save that for the end - but some critical loops should be closed here which create a revelatory moment for your character's internal arc, and set in motion the events which will lead to the final boxes/structure points.

Box 6: Negative Turning Point - in Save the Cat this is the "Bad Guys Close In" beat, and Act 2's Climax.

Box 7: Antagonist Wins - This is the "Dark Night of the Soul" moment, the Crisis of Act 3. This is where your characters/readers believe there is no hope left. Despite everything they've done, all the internal progress they made, they're still going to lose.

Box 8: Revelation - This is the Global and Act 3 Climax and where all of the change which the character has made since the midpoint of the book finally coalesces with everything else to give them the winning stroke of brilliance and seize the victory.

Box 9: Protagonist Wins - This is the Global Resolution - all final loops are closed and your protagonist achieves their goal.

One thing about the 9 grid plot plan which is a bit different from other plotting tools I've seen, and why I think it might be helpful for you, is how it visually ties in with the other boxes.

Cassandra explains this best on her blog, but to paraphrase, each box relates to the others it touches. Box 1 touches 2 and 4 directly, and so those two boxes are most directly related to it, and box 7 related back to it through box 4. Box 5, the midpoint, relates directly to the most boxes, and as such becomes a coalescing point for the story. This is exactly what the middle of your story should do. 
Box 8, the revelation, should come about because of the knowledge and change achieved in box 5 and is the turning point from box 7 to box 9.

Sometimes different visualization techniques can really help if you're feeling stuck, or just can't seem to grasp a certain plotting/editing concept.

I highly recommend you read Cassandra's in-depth explanation of these boxes and how they relate. The Pride and Prejudice sample does this somewhat, but not quite as well as her blog. Again, you can find that here:

http://www.onlycassandra.com/2011/08/nine-grid-plan.html?m=1

I hope you found this chapter helpful. As always, please let me know if you found something unclear, typos, etc. If you have any questions about how I have applied these techniques to my WIPs let me know!