I was wondering about the specifics of how you fellow dreamers go about recalling dreams. As a relative novice dreamer, I've been really pleased lately that I've gotten into the rhythm of being able to recall several paragraphs of dream content each night. However, the dreams are still a bit fragmented and I just know there are lots of missing bits. There are plenty of gaps within the dream plots that I haven't been able to fill.

I'm wondering whether you all have experienced something similar and, if so, how you've overcome this and fleshed out your dreams more. Is it simply a matter of laying there for a longer time and continuing to dig and dig until you've got everything? I've found that it can take an extremely long time to do this and sometimes if I try to keep digging I'll lay there for a while and I still won't be able to fill all the holes. I wonder if there are other methods besides this "Brute force" method. Or maybe if I force myself to dig for longer, it's a way of training myself to recall more, and in the future I won't have to dig for as long? I'm not sure what the best approach is. What has been your experience?