struct Thing{
    char *stuff;
    char **morestuff;
    int evenmorestuff;
};

Thing *thingarray;
thingarray = malloc(sizeof(Thing));

....

//And then allocating space for elements, which will get called an unknown amount of times
Thing j;
thingarray[count] = j;

#include <vector>
using namespace std;

struct Thing
{
    char *stuff;
    char **morestuff;
    int evenmorestuff;
};

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    vector<Thing> vt;

    char stuff = 'a';
    char *morestuff = "abc";

    Thing t;
    t.stuff = &stuff;
    t.morestuff = &morestuff;
    t.evenmorestuff = 0;

    int count = 10;
    for (int i = 0; i <= count; ++i)
    {
        t.evenmorestuff = i;
        vt.push_back(t);
    }

    Thing j;
    j.stuff = &stuff;
    j.morestuff = &morestuff;
    j.evenmorestuff = 0;

    vt[count] = j;

    return 0;
}