Hi Xeroer!! Glad you posted.

Although the WILD technique can vary be differant from person to person, it seems to me as if you were on the right track!
SPor sleep paralysis is not always accompanied with the WILD technique. I have actually never had that with my WILD experiances. Only during the morning hours.
It also seem to me that you were seeing HI - hypnagogic imagery. This is good.
If you can stay focused, these images can manifest into greater images wich inturn can lead you directly into a lucid dream. Trying to stay aware of your concsiouness is the difficult part. I too often drift back into sleep.

As far as dream sharing look into the Research Team. We have a few posts about it and an ongoing experiment. There are a host of other topics floating around the forum as well. You may want to use the search method for that.