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Is lucidity something that just happens when you realize you're dreaming, or is there a process in the middle of the dream?
Lucidity can come about in a variety of ways. Sometimes, you go straight from waking state to a lucid dream without losing consciousness. At other times, you suddenly realize in the dream that you're dreaming. And sometimes it's a gradual realization (this is how it's been in my short experience). For a brief list of how lucid dreams can come about, see the acronym list. Does that help?