Youch, that's a tough one!
I had this problem myself for a while, and I think the only thing that resolved it was time, and maybe an extra infusion, of all things, memory.
Though it could well be that this low-resolution sort of situation is self-inflicted, it could also be a result of when you are doing your WILD's. Because WILD's work best very late in the sleep cycle, when you and your body would normally be hovering quite close to wakefulness anyway (or, normally would actually be up and about), you run the risk of your LD's occurring when you are very close to wakefulness -- you might even be partially awake. Because of this, dreams have a lot of trouble forming, and will seem dull. Also, and for the same reason, you might feel lethargic because you are actually trying to move your physical body at the same time as your dream body (because REM atonia is being shut down to prepare you for waking up). I personally tend to hear my physical body breathing during these sorts of LD's.
Also, and maybe ironically, NLD's don't seem to be effected at all by this proximity to waking-life. I have no idea why, except maybe that REM atonia is still fully active during NLD's, so you are comfortably removed from your body (and waking-life), or perhaps NLD's occupy enough of your consciousness that they will "work" no matter how close to waking you may be.
How to get past this? For one, I found that doing nothing seems to work: just allow the condition to go its course and let your body go back to a deeper sleeping state.
For another, I found that remembering works well too: rather than trying to form a dream, try instead to return to a dream you were just visiting (or perhaps an older dream which you've been meaning to revisit), and do so by remembering it, and how it felt to be in it -- by insinuating yourself into a more solid dream through memory, you might be able to sidestep the lower-performing dream you are currently in, and maybe kick your dreaming mind back into action. Also, simply remembering that this is just a bit of a WILD-related snag and that the dream doesn't have to be so dull can help you move past the moment and back to better dreaming.
That's what I got -- I know it isn't much, but it did help me.
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