Lurked around for few weeks, decided to make an account

heard about LD a year ago, and has been successful only a handful of times, without any technique, mainly by thinking 'I will have a lucid dream...'

skip to 2 weeks ago, when I decided to try lucid dreaming again, using the WILD method, but I'm unable to achieve sleep paralysis; Half the time I get a knee jerk reaction, or just fall asleep completely

any tips?