Hello. I initially heard about lucid dreaming through a movie called Waking Life. I picked up Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self by Robert Waggoner, and shortly after, had my first lucid dream. I was in a beautiful house and remember seeing a beautiful woman. I kissed her, and she ran away because of my bad breath . I also remember opening a door and seeing a little girl, but she quickly closed the door after I opened it. That has been the only lucid dream I've had, but I want to experience more of them. I want to learn more about myself and my subconscious mind through lucid dreaming. I also want to be a writer and would love to learn to use lucid dreams to explore the worlds I create in my stories. I believe I have to learn more about dream control to do that, but I look forward to learning more about that and meeting new people on this site.