Hey guys, I'm new to lucid dreaming and I just have a question to get me started. I've started keeping a dream journal, and I'm doing well remembering my dreams when I wake up.

My question arose when I started reading other people's dream journals. I noticed that most dreams seem to consist of just one or two "scenes," where the characters and plot seems to stay fairly constant. When I recall my dreams, they also have definite "scenes," but I can remember up to 5 or 6 different "scenes," with transitions between each one. (for example, last night I was running on a quarter mile track, then my surroundings changed and I ended up by a waterfall in the woods only to have the woods replaced by a pub with pinball machines). Does this mean I'm really recalling several different dreams, and am just unaware of the dead time between them when I am not in REM sleep? Or is it all just one very long and complex dream?