Getting into LD

Hey guys.

I'm new to the whole LD scene as of... yesterday night.
I found out a bit about it from the wikipedia page (I was doing research for a Theory of Knowledge paper on the ability to know that waking life is actually real).

At first my interest was purely academic. Then I started reading a bit more about LD and discovered some of the amazing things that you can do.
I read all the tutorials on the main DV page and decided that anything good was worth working for.

Then last night I tried the self-hyptonism tutorial and went to sleep determined that I was going to wake up and remember what I dreamed as per the dream recall tutorial. I was very pessemistic at first but, low and behold I woke up at 6.30 (shockingly early for me) with a decently good recollection of a bizzare dream involving my chem teacher turning into.... something of larger than average size (that's one of the details I couldn't remember) after he gave me a guitar tab which I played for a whole lesson before realising that I was actually meant to be doing the chem test on the back.
Upon waking up I wrote it all down and everything so I have a decent record.

Before last night I haven't remembered a dream for.... at least 6 months if not a year so either that's just incredible luck or the guide worked.

Basically what I want to know is whether this is a good start and where I should go from here.

:) Can't wait to sleep tonight.

bob, I think that's a great start! You might want to begin keeping a dream journal which will help increase your dream recall as well.

Information regarding our onlline dream journals and other helpful information about this site can be found in the Newbie Zone Guide: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=36723

You may also want to check out the Tutorials forum which contains information on the various lucid dreaming techniques and other helpful information: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...splay.php?f=25.

If you should have any questions, please ask and we'll do our best to get you answers.

Welcome to Dream Views! :D

Hi bob, that is an awesome start to lucid dreaming considering you didn't have good recall!

Clairity has given you all the links you pretty much need. I suggest that you start a dream journal and continue using self hypnotism.

That's a great start.
Keep dream journaling and you'll start remembering more dreams, even multiple dreams a night.

thanks for the feedback guys!

i have started writing down all my dreams. i have a notebook thing i keep stuck in the side of my bed. :D

also i woke up twice after dreaming last night to write it down. :)

gotta be careful not to get too into it though. dont want to spend all day at school waiting to go back to sleep. D:

EDIT: Also, thanks for the links. I'll check them out. :)

EDIT 2: One more thing. Which would you say is the best method for LDing for a newbie? I've looking at WILDing but everyone seems to say that's one of the harder ones and from what I've read DILDing is basically random although you can increase your chances with frequent reality checks (even when you "know" you're awake) which I have started doing. FILDing looks good for me as I seem to be waking up after dreaming a lot more recently (since I've started activly trying to withthe help of various tutorials).
What do you think?

bob, I've read that WILDing is the most difficult but some newbies do achieve it.

I would say try DILD, MILD or FILD. If one of them doesn't work after a week or so, there will be many more nights ahead to try the next one. Good luck and sweet lucids.