One lazy night of surfing I decided to wander around wikibooks. Featured books seemed like a good place to start. Always one to be intrigued by the mysterious, my eye was caught by "Lucid Dreams".
What I read was a revelation. I had heard of such things before. An old friend once told me about a dream where he was running from people trying to kidnap him, but he was in control of it. It tried thinking of a gun and one appeared in his hand. Unfortunately it didn't work. But that's not the point. I wished I could do stuff like that in my dreams, and the excitement of finding a Wikibook that taught me how to do it was exhilarating.
I instantly knew how I wanted to apply this skill, even before I got past the introduction page. I am developing a conworld (Constructed World, there's a wikibook on it too, but I had started this long before I knew the term for it). A fantasy world filled with magical beings, where the sun never sets but darkens and brightens and you can see the other side of the world by looking up. Confusing I know, but it makes sense in my head. Developing an imaginary world and a skill allowed me to do anything I could imagine went hand in hand. Why not go and live in the world I've created while awake in my sleep? Why not spend my hours sleeping developing it further? Use the time to form the land, erecting mountains and digging valleys. Use this time to build cities and create people. I created the world as a setting for my stories. Why not re-enact scenes and see how they work visually, or make the story happen before my eyes and improvise? Maybe I could step into the shoes of one of my characters and play his role? The ways this could apply to something I already love seems endless.
So far I've been trying to mainly WILD since I like the sound of inducing LDs myself rather than leaving it to chance, but maybe I'm getting ahead of myself there. I've also been using the 61 point method of relaxation.
It's been nearly three weeks since I found out about LDs. On the second day I think I may have had a three second one, and since then nothing. I've been trying to keep a dream journal to help my recall, but my schedule doesn't allow me to write in it when I wake up. Sigh. I realize I have a long way to go before I can begin terramorphing landscapes.
But the path is more easily tread with company than alone, no? That's why I'm here.