Dear Vivian, I saw you just joined in March and you say you are a complete beginner so will try to send you on the right path right away. Read at least the first post of this thread by Sageous and you will know what to do. I am not a very skilled LDer, I have been getting 1 lucid dream a day on average for the past 4 or 5 days. But Sageous is, he is the most expierienced LDer I have ever seen, he says he has been lucid dreaming succesfully for 30+ years, so I am sure his thread will get you on your way.

What he basically says is that in order to have quality LDs frequently, you need to improve your awareness of yourself and the world arround you, and your memory. So you have to achieve a state of mind where you are always aware of your thoughts and your surroundings. He explains this in detail in his thread.

Techniques I find useful.
- Reality checking to increase your awareness
- Dream journal to improve dream recall (what's the point of having crazy dreams if you can't even remember them)
- WBTB, especially when you note your dreams in a dream journal is very very effective. You can also exponentially increase the effectiveness by doing multiple WBTBs a night. For example waking up every hour after 6 hours of sleep.
- Auto-suggestion, it works for me. You tell yourself you will get lucid or have an awesome dream while falling asleep. Yes it's a very simple but it works for me. After all, lucid dreaming is all about your mind-set.

I wish you luck