I was reading some articles on the web by Paul Tholey, who was German LD researcher. In one article he was talking about interacting with dream characters.

it is helpful if the dream-ego tries to convince the other dream characters that they are in a dream. The quality of the dream can then change completely and communication between the dream characters can take place which may lead to much greater insight than is found in the typical lucid dream. For this reason we consider the "lucidity" of all dream characters ... to be a higher form of lucidity. The verbal, or possibly even "telepathic," communication no longer takes place on a symbolic, but rather on a direct level.[/b]
Sometimes in LDs I try to convince DCs they are dreaming. But until now I assumed that this was a symptom of low lucidity. In dreams where I felt I had a higher lucidity I would order DCs to do things or I would question them about their existence.

Have you ever made another DC lucid in your dreams?

Also, has anyone found any books in English by Tholey? Most of his writing seems to be in German. I couldn't find anything on Amazon or Addall.com