How can you have lucid dreams often?

[ToukieToucan]

I got a pretty basic and fundamental question: How do you get persistent lucid dreams? Ive been trying over 5 months now without success: Everyday dream journal Trying diverce techniques like WBTB + MILD MILD DILD FILD I would like to try WILD but am kind of afraid for the hallucinations The only thing I havent been doing is a lot of reality checks, Are reality checks really that important?