Hey guys,
in my last 2 or 3 lucids I tried to exercise a higher level of dream control by screaming out stuff like "Clarity now!", or "I want a footbal NOW" or "Dream, please make the scene brighter".

I have read that this works a lot for many people and is a reliable, easy and effective way to get what you want.

However, this doesnt do sh*t for me. Seriously, this isnt changing anything, not even the slightest bit, for me.

Am I doing something wrong here? Is this more like a skill I have to work on? Are there alternative techniques to this?

I would feel kind of dumb abandoning this technique just yet. It seems so incredibly useful, because it could basically be applied to every single aspect of an LD.

Thoughts?