at first i had trouble with the journal but i slowly figured out how to get my mind to click into lastnights dream

after im awake eanough that my thoughts make since, (usually 5 min or so) i lay with my eyes closed and let my mind wander - trying too hard to remember the dream usually ended with me getting frustrated and getting up - so your letting your mind wander and its like a plant growing it starts with a seed something your thinking about or that your family says downstairs or someting that you saw yesterday will pop into your head and all the sudden you will have this vague memmory of an emotion or sight or something that you know was in a dream and that leads to another thing which leads to two more things and the memmory of the dream sort of blosems (sp?) into your head then all thats left is the simple task of writing it down in your book

also, dont just doodle it on some scrap paper, go buy a nice moleskin or something that you will use specifically for the dream journal and keep it by your bed at all times