I'm using Midjourney, Ideogram and Recraft since a couple months, if you need tricks let me know

Are you a Plotter or Pantser? ___________ Just in case you're new to this: PLOTTERS plan and outline their stories in advance, often with a detailed beat sheet or scene-by-scene outline. Plotters tend to write more efficiently because they know what needs to be written and what doesn't. PANSTERS write by the seat of their pants, inventing the story as they go along. Pantsers may have an idea or concept for their story, but they don't know where it's going. They may start with a blank page and let the story develop organically as they write.

Does anyone have a template or method for planning an antagonist's character ark?

This was recommended by Jason Alexander, but the gist of this is that Raptor Write is basically a sort of freeware creative writing software where you bring in AI via API keys (so it can even be a sort of "pay as you go" model too if you use models like Claude or ChatGPT) and prompt writing. It's the closest thing to a free version to NovelAI (NovelCrafter from what I've seen of the videos is its own beast altogether) and it's worth checking out. Below is the video from Jason.

So, what are you all working on? I am working on a "The Lost Boys" inspired novel. There are going to be three to five books in the series. I also have outlines for a witches series of books.