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1. Long lucids come with experience. If I had to guess, they happen after many hours of sleep, when REM can last 60 min or more - since NREM gets shorter, and we know, that the NREM+REM lasts in average 90-110 min. There is also the Time expansion thing, when in your dream you stretch the time, so it seemingly lasts longer. Someone who acctualy had dreams that long can give you better answer to this.
2. I have read some data on the net that states, that you can dream in NREM also, but it's not as frequent as in REM.
If you don't wake after the cycle is over to write down your dream and your recall is bad, there is a real chance, that you will not remember it in the morning. That's why first step for lucid dreamers is to work on your dream recall. Writing in a dream journal, even if all you remember is a color or a feeling, can help you get a better recall.
People usually wake up between cycles, so I would assume that dream will end at the end of the cycle. You can either wake up and write your dream down, or attemt to enter the same or another dream via DEILD. And if WILD and DEILD fail, you can alwas hope for a DILD.
3. Usually DILD is the easiest method. Try to work on your recall first. You can say as you falling asleep - "I will wake up after my dream". There is a good chance it will work, wheter you trying MILD/DILD or WILD/DEILD.
Hope this makes sense, please ask if you need more help
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