I came across these boards a long time ago, and was fascinated by the concept.
For about a week, i kept a good dream journal, and actually got to the point where i was able to remember 3-4 dreams from one night.

Then i got lazy. I stopped trying to remember my dreams. What i found out works for me is chanting the phrase "I am gonna remember my dreams" in my head. I would chant that phrase, spell it, visualize it and just try to get it very deep into my head. It worked, as long as i stayed focused. But, when i would wake up with a great dream, I'd be too lazy to write it down and just fall right back asleep. All i would remember when i would wake up afterwards that i had a cool dream. That's it. I can maybe recall a feeling, but that's about it.

I've been trying to at least improve my dream recall over the last few weeks. I try to do reality checks though the day, but my mind gets lazy. One thing that i found helps is changing the text banner on my cell phone to read "Are you dreaming?" that's causing me to do quite a few checks throughout the day, but i don't thinks that enough.

What i found out is that if i spend the day thinking about dreaming, and reading about dreaming, i will have a good detailed dream, and probably remember it. The problem is writing it.

I am going to try keeping a voice recorder next to my bed and actually speaking out my dream, and typing it up later, to see if that works. I hope it does.
Anyone uses that technique?

I'd love to get some advice on how to force myself to write my dreams down.

I have lucid dream fairly regularly. I am rarely in control, but i do know that i am dreaming. And there's of course the problem of never remembering them.

Thanks, and wish me luck.