When d'you know that you have good enough recall to focus on going to LDing?

Are there any techniques for ILD that are more for beginners or is it completely up to the individual?

Is "forcing" a LD (always being concious of it) likely to make it more successful or less successful? I know with falling asleep the more I think about it the longer it takes...

It hasn't been long since I started trying but for the past few days I remembered at least 1 dream (even when I had a rough night yesterday) but I never wake up after my dreams, it's always what I remember in the morning. I can't set my alarm- alarms are a nono, I need to go to school the next morning for 5 days a week.

one more thing, does thinking more rationally hint at being more aware in one's dreams? i had a nightmate other night about a burglar breaking in and I actually picked up the phone (which worked on second try, so no failure) and called 911 then woke up. I hardly ever do anything THAT intelligent in a nightmare.