I'm new here... The only reason I even opened an account is because of this question.
I've been Lucid Dreaming for years. I'm 29.
I decided on a whim to find out if anyone else had them regularly like I do. It seemed like everyone who I talked with never had them and didn't quite understand what I was talking about. I pretty much gave up on talking to people about them.
I've never read anything on them beyond finding out what they were called. Methods? I didn't even know there were such things. I just pray once asking to control my dreams when I go off to bed and I do. These days in my dreams I can do whatever comes to mind. If I'm flying I can also telekinetically manipulate anything around me including mountains and cityscapes. Removing skyscrapers and replacing them with different ones is instantaneous, it's fun to create one and fly into it! I really enjoy checking out the architecture that my mind has come out with. Even when I was in my teens I was able to conquer any enemy in any nightmare I was having. As soon as I realized I was dreaming it was game on and it turned what was frightening to pretty damn awesome. I attribute a lot of it to my exposure to video games and fantasy novels. I think because I'd already seen it in a game or imagined well described imagery I could reproduce the same thing. I have even taken some of the dreams that I've had and written them down with an intention, yeah someday heh, to write them out into full stories. There have been some pretty awesome ones that have plot twists that any screen writer would be thrilled to pull off.
In the recent years I'm more partial to knowing the entire time that I'm having a "normal" dream that I can control it at any time. I kind of enjoy not simply powering through everything and seeing what my mind comes up with. It's already been mentioned that Zombie killing can be fun, I get a kick out of those dreams. Advancing hordes are pushed back easily, immolating them as they run forward. Usually I'm protecting a group of people be it family, friends or complete strangers in those dreams.
After reading this thread I'm really, really happy I never looked up lucid dreaming until now. I think seeing any kind of limitations would totally choke my ability now. I can completely understand why someone would seek out information if they had just started. I guess my general apathy toward the subject left me a window of opportunity to learn it myself.