OK...so last night I tried a completely different approach to recording my dreams. I merely jotted down a phrase - a "title" that seemed best suited to the dream I'd just awoken from. Also, before bed, I consumed a cup of green tea with a bit of honey in it. I read somewhere that this was beneficial to dream production/recall. Anyway, I ended up with six phrases or titles to describe the dreams, but, unfortunately, none of the phrases (only five of which are legible) sufficed this morning to produce any meaningful recall on the content of the first four dreams. Total fail.

Also, I encountered a phenomena I'm not sure even qualifies as a dream. It started out as a dream with a very attractive young woman standing beneath a large tree in a very provocative dress with a deeply plunging neckline, but then I think at one point it transitioned into a more or less somnolent fantasy, which I then mentally continued voluntarily, because the dream went in the direction I wanted it to go. Not surprisingly, it involved some sexual content (not a lot) but enough that I wouldn't feel comfortable discussing with my wife if it had happened in real life! I am at a complete loss as to how to characterize that one, which was number five out of six. It seemed to me I had a goodly amount of control over the events in the dream, yet I wasn't "lucid" in that I was not aware it was a dream. Consequently I'm wondering if I partially woke from the dream and just continued the sexual fantasy. Does this phenomena strike a bell? Have a name?

The last dream, which involved some movement on the part of a small insect which called my attention to the floor where a computer chip and SD card were lying, was clearly a dream, and the one I remember most vividly and completely.

So...unless I make a huge commitment to losing sleep by waking up, sitting up, turning on the light, and writing down a substantial part of the dream, my dilemma seems to get right back to the title of this thread. Quantity or quality. Absent any compelling opinions from the experts on this forum, I'm leaning towards simply recording one, maybe two dreams as thoroughly as possible in order to identify dream signs, which appears to be my best hope of gaining lucidity ATM. Those of you who have the ability to remember double-digit dreams - that seems utterly miraculous to me! Like a super power.