First off i just want to say hello to everyone. I am pretty new to lucid dreams but slowly getting the hang of it. I started getting into lucid dreams a couple years ago, but it was hard as my dream recall is and has always been rough and fragmented. Most of the time i dont remember any dreams, sometimes i remember having a dream, but i cant remember anything at all about it. So i started a dream journal several weeks back. My recall has definitely gone up, but about a week ago i hit a roadblock. im back to not remembering any dreams at all, except for my breakthrough last night with my very vague dream. (Only 3 sentences in my DJ) So i guess my first question is, is this normal? having dry spells i mean. Also is there anything i can do to help this? The main reason i actually joined this sight today is to get a little insight on this.

Second question. I know WILDs are slightly more advanced methods, but i wanted to try and see if i could do it. I think i am very close to it, but when my mind tries to transfer over to the dream world, i realize whats happening and get sent straight back to my waking body. Its like a little fat boy that cant get over a fence, he just gets close enough to the top he can see to the other side for a moment before falling off LOL. Thats the best way i can explain that. Any help with this? am i trying to hard? or not hard enough?

Thanks for any insight and also for welcoming me into this nice place you have lol