Well I used to feel almost the exact same way as far as dream clarity goes. However, I have worked on dream awareness. One thing that has really helped me is simply understanding that dreams are really the same as reality. With both dreams and reality, you are merely experiencing sensory input. So you must understand that you are just as conscious in your dreams as you are in reality, because dreams are reality, even if they only happen in your imagination. As for the mind's eye thing, I would suggest exercising your imagination. Just try imagining things. Just play out a story about how you do something cool in your mind's eye, and stuff like that regularly. Because I frequently exercise my imagination I have perfect control of my mind's eye. You just need to practice more. But for me it isn't really practice, it is fun.

Picture your mind as a car. Your motivation is fuel. To get to your destination (a lucid dream) you have to use a sustainable amount of fuel (motivation). If you rush it and go hardcore for a week chances are you will get tired out and stop. If you are lazy about it and give it no effort you will probably make no progress. I did this for 4 years and I have made more progress in the last 2 months than I would have in 30 years at that pace. So just do the perfect amount of practice each day, and you should see amazing improvement.