Mcharles Stories

Hello ladies and gentlemen, here are the parts I feel are most relevant and insightful to storytelling, creative writing, worldbuilding, and otherwise similar creations...

Hello, this is my dissection and version of the famous five-act story structure, which I have called 'five-act novel structure' or, as you will come to understand, 'nine...

Hello, this is my piece on the matter of the types of worldbuilders and writers. Namely, 'architects' and 'gardeners', and 'plotters' and 'discovery writers'.

Hello, here is a long list of words I have induced. Some may you know already, some you may not.

Hello, this is my dissection of 'plot device'. It is one of the most important aspects of Plot and, therefore, of your story/novel as a whole.

Hello, here is a list of Elements of Drama. I have taken many lists to see which are found and in what order, the main list being Aristotle's Six Elements of Drama. Note...

A short poem regarding the 'Tao' (see Chinese Taoism).

Hello, this is my dissection of the vampire. I shall give a history, too. It is for you, dear reader of Wattpad since I know vampire fiction is a big thing here. By 'dis...

Hello, here I have created a book of my quotes and so forth, ranging from five words to one line. I have always been interested in the art of brevity, and the aphorism i...

Hello, this is my dissection of Plot: the cause-and-effect sequence of events of a story. Plot is the single most important element of drama and here I explain how and w...

Hello ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, friends, comrades. I am going to see if it is at all possible to create a 'club' page via a story post. One chapter wil...

This is my entry into the 'Wonder'/'Kindness' contest here on Wattpad. Lieu of fiction, I am going to use non-fiction. Note: I am in England, UK, so, if I am not to win...

Hello, here is my own list of 100 essential thinkers.

Hello, here is a list of my ten rules of writing; they should become second nature.

Hello, this is a piece concerning minimalism. I have added a radio style reading of the piece, from myself, which you can listen to. Copyright © 2017 M. Charles

Hello, this is my expansion and dissection of the 'Iceberg Theory' or 'theory of omission' of writing, commonly known as the 'Iceberg Method' or 'Iceberg Technique'. It...

Hello! This is M. Charles, and here is my worldbuilding handbook, it will be quite large by the end, as I hope to cover many topics both directly and indirectly related...

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. This is my name creation guide, for both fantasy and sci-fi, in which, I hope to teach you how to create an endless supply of good, meaningf...

Hello, this is my book on miniature wargaming, namely, finding the stage between postmodern and hypermodern tabletop/miniature wargaming. I mean to remove chance and ins...