Thread: To write or not to write?

Well it really depends on how awake you are. If you barely woke up at all, you could try FILD...
Of course, if you think you're seriously awake, right it down. It all depends on the circumstance.

That depends on one crucial peice of information.
Are you good at WILDing? If so then go for it, if not then write it down.

Or, decide the nights in advance you want to WILD, so you don't have to make a split desicion.

If you move AT ALL when you wake up, I would'nt bother trying to WILD and just write it down.

What would I do in your situation? Simple. I'd be too lazy to write anything down, so I'd try to WILD and fail, because I suck at it, then go back to sleep.

The thing is im not good at wilding!

Write it. The writing will improve your chances of having a DILD. It supposedly helps to get your brain in that "LD mindset." Which makes LDs more frequent.

And besides, that way you can read them later. An trust me, it's fun to read them later. Your brain comes up with some pretty cool and entertaining stuff.

Personally, I'd rather have one or two cool non-LDs, and wake up remembering them and write them down well to read later or some other time, than I would have an LD but not have my non-LD recorded.

Call me stupid, but...

And lucids are infrequent. Think of all the writing down you are squandering by always trying to LD, but not having it work out most of the time.

I never WILD because of this, unless I think there is a good chance of both it being successful and me remembering the previous dream in addition to the new one I am about to enter (the lucid one). I DILD, usually.

(Btw when you use the term WILD, I think you are actually refering to DEILD. For the sake of my answer, I used the term WILD as well, but am referencing DEILD.)

personally I'll run that dream in my head a couple of times while going back to sleep. Most of the time I can remember both dreams when I really wake up....if the first dream is a really long one, I'll try to remember parts, and piece things together after I finish the wild or dream exit induced lucid dream attempt.

Keep in mind I'm giving you insight to what I do....my recall is far from top notch...but I still manage to get lucid.

If you're able to recall at least one dream a day without even writing them....I'd say it's worth a shot...if your recall depends on writing things down as soon as you wake up...I'd say focus on that.

I think it all depends on your skill of attaining lucidity.

If you for instance, arent very good skilled, you'll probably not be able to LD anyways. If you have had quite a few of LD's then I guess you can attempt and hope

Plus, I think you'll have a better chance of a DILD if you record your dream