I can't read my Dream Journal.

Hello all. I found this website by chance last night and looked around. The idea of Lucid Dreaming seemed very interesting and worthwhile, so I decided to start at the generally-decided 'First Step': Improve Dream Recall. I put a pad of paper next to my bed and went to sleep telling myself that "I will remember my dreams". I woke up several times last night, a dream still fresh in my head, and wrote what I thought was a good summary on my pad. However, when I got up and looked at it, it was all scribbles. I can make out the occasional word here or there, and (fortunately) I remember the gist of the first dream, but other than that, all I know is that I had and (at the time) remembered about 3 dreams, which, admittedly, is three more than usual. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to improve my Dream Journal?