Recently, due to a non-intentional lucid, I've become interested in lucid dreaming again. Last night I had the longest and one of the most vivid LDs (out of about five that I've recalled my entire life) to date.

This particular LD was also the first time I remembered to at least try to exercise some form of control and stability. Of course I tried flying. I jumped and fell. I got up and tried again. Then somehow I ended up on a building and jumped off of it only to fall, and the shock of hitting the ground woke me up. Also, at some point during the dream I tried to summon a gun (presumably to defend myself?) and needless to say, nothing happened. The most basic problem I guess, is that I'm having difficulties doing "anything" I want to because my dream self doesn't think as clearly as my waking self at this point.

More specifically, I was wondering about how detailed I should be invisioning the dreamscape/characters of my LDs whenever I'm planning out how the dream will right before I go to sleep. To give an example, I'm planning to have an LD where I ressurect some of the jazz greats and have a jam session right there with Coltrane, Brown, Roach, Monk, and whoever else I can dream up. Trouble is, I can't get a very clear picture of what everything will look like. Should I just let my mind fill in the gaps when I get there, or should I formulate a distinct vision of how it will be?