The essence of my task is this: avoid thinking about LDs for a while, and get one!

The premise: I've noticed my subconscious tends to throw stuff at me in dreams that I try to avoid seeing, thinking, or doing in real life. When I was younger, I saw something on TV that scared the HELL! out of me and then I'd always avoid trying to see it. I'd have several nightmares where I'd see this thing, always scaring me. The nightmares didn't subside until I worked up the nerve to look it up on the internet, and lo and behold, only a few more nights of that crap and i never saw it again.

The same thing began occurring with more realistic situations as I got older. I'd fear getting a bad grade on something and so I'd try not to think about it, or when I did get it back, I'd turn it upside down and wouldn't even look at the mark. I'd get bombarded with dreams where I failed the project or got a bad mark. The dreams only subsided when I went up to the teacher and asked to see my mark again.

See where I'm going with this?

As we're in a dry spell, some of us may tend to think about LDs frequently. If we made several resolutions during one: not to think about LDs, not to visit DV for a bit, not even to attempt a technique while we're in one, our subconsciouses may throw us the thing we're trying to avoid.

Therefore, I've came up with the Avoidance Induction of Lucid Dreams (AILD). Theoretically, you can use this technique to induce lucids anytime, but it's best tailored for breaking dry spells, as avoiding the thought of lucids may not get you frequent lucids. This technique is best for extended dry spells, when you really start to get frustrated.

The technique: Basically avoid anything about lucid dreams for a week or however long you wish. Skip over pages with past LDs in your DJ when you go to write in it. Maybe stop from going on lucid sites for a couple of days, or not read lucid books for a couple of days. The idea is, when confronted with an opporotunity to see anything related to a lucid, avoid it. Don't just "not look at it" or "not think about it", outright avoid it. By doing this, you can take advantage of the mechanism your subconscious uses to get you to confront something, and your subconscious will present you with the thing you are trying to avoid. When it does, remember to do an RC, as you resolved not to see it in real life!

This technique is entirely conceptual, it makes sense on paper but I haven't had the dry spell nessecary to give it a shot. If you're in a dry spell, or maybe even struggling to get your first LD, this could be a good last resort for you to try.