My lucid dreams have been getting more consistent, but I have noticed that the degree of vividness seems to vary quite a bit. I have had a few moments in LDs where things have that hyperreal quality, but I have had others that are more like the quality if my normal dreams, and a few that are pretty fuzzy in my memory.

Is this just the nature of dreams or do I need to work more on clarity techniques to get the more vivid dreams?

It seems like the more vivid moments are when I get swept away in the scenery and the less vivid ones are when I am involved in a task or plot. For example, last night I spent a pretty long series of dreams trying to accomplish the task of the month, and for the first time when I awoke I felt like there were big pieces of it I had forgotten. Was I just too focused on the task?