Hello, this is my first post on DV(really cool forum btw). im very new to lucid dreaming but i have read up quite a bit of it in the past few days and im going to attempt to have one tonight or tommaorw im not sure yet. i just had a few questions before i try

Is the only way to have a WILD by setting your alarm clock to wake you up before REM?

Are you supposed to do the things like counting and all that when you first lay down or do you wait till the alarm clock wakes you up, then do it?

how do you know when your body is paralyzed? i think i would probably know this if i just tried to LD but it would be nice to know what it feels like so i know when im ready to move to the next step

Hopefully someone could help me with this
Thank you in advance