I had tried Lucidity 10 years ago, but never made it into a dream -walking around room for 5 seconds before waking up.
This time was great, started trying again 2 weeks ago –my technique this time was all based on this forum.
My Dream: Skipping the long story leading up to becoming Lucid, which I remember vividly, more so than a normal dream when not becoming lucid. I had to escape from the last house left on this tree covered island with a bunch of militia closing in to kill us. During my escape I was flanked –My reaction was “this is not normal, I was supposed to escape without being noticed”, and bam -I’m lucid –I decided to run back to the house to see what was going on-like it was a movie that I had missed. The pace of running felt fast –amazing feeling all around. I ran past a militia, who noticed me and seemed to want to shoot, so I yelled out “its okay I’m dreaming” My voice did not sound as expected –really hollow and hard to hear. I then got stuck in the hill – I then proceeded to try and fly, which got me out of the hill but into jumping on a trampoline. I took the time to enjoy it, switching jumps positions –on my butt, flip, etc. Amazing feeling all around again. I then could not bounce on a can-opener style bounce, which ended my lucidity, probably based on my disbelief of not bouncing. I really did not wake up –I assume I continued on in a dream state / or barely woke up perhaps.
My Take: I find it odd that I could not control every aspect of my experience. Not sure if this is based on me not being in a full lucid state. I found it crazy that my dream character was still in character of trying to kill me even after I became lucid. So I could not control my entire environment, just myself. I assumed that –being a dream- I would be able to control everything around me, including dream characters. Getting stuck in the hill (like a quicksand experience) was as if I could not make it back to the house, as if my brain was saying no-not there anymore. That was the feeling I got in my dream.
What really helped me become lucid in the last 2 weeks:
• Focused on dream recall –did not “wish” for lucidity –trying too hard, or wanting it too much
• Reality checks while awake might have helped, but really it was not the “am I dreaming” question throughout the day –but “is this normal” The reason I switched thought processes was during dream recall I was amazed at what I considered “normal” in a dream. And really focused on trying to realize that oddity should have been my tip that I’m dreaming. So during the awake day – asked myself “is this normal??”
• Focused on what to do when I do become Lucid every night before going into my sleep routine. These were –pick tasks for yourself, when completed with one, move on to another. Do not try to focus on one thing for too long. Not getting excited when I do become Lucid.
• Went to bed early!! I am a 6-7hour a night sleeper. But when going to bed at 9pm to give me a good 9 hours of sleep, my dream recall was much better and I had more dreams. So not to do it every night -9pm sleep time, but it is motivation to going to bed early –the possibility of becoming lucid.
• Knowing that I had done it before in the past, so I knew it was possible. That helped knowing this crazy concept was indeed possible.
Hoping for more and better Lucid experiences.
Nice to hear that someone saw the right way. I keep telling people to focus just on their DR at first and then try methods. Nobody listens cause “They want an LD soooo bad”. You do too ? Focus only on your DR, LD goals and go sleep early. Three main factors here.
Wish you much luck in your journey, and above all, don’t give up !! 
It’s really not odd at all that you couldn’t control the whole dream. You sounded pretty lucid, but in the majority for lucids for a lot of people you’re not going to have full control. You can aim to have more, but a lot of the time dreams will still add their own events and plotline in. I remember in two of my clearest LDs I didn’t have full control either. I just did what I was there to do. First one, I managed to fly through a wall but couldn’t fly through a window, so I landed and decided to look for my SC (and found him). The second time was when I met my SC again. It ended up a rather dark dream, but the sunset was cool, not that I’d made it appear, and after I asked my SC for his name, I decided to write it down so I could remember it better when I woke up. I didn’t pick what to write on, but apparently I grabbed a Mexican newspaper (which worked after I failed at writing it a few times), though that didn’t matter much since I still did remember his name after I woke up (made sure to write it down immediately, of course)!
Focusing on DR DOES help the lucids! 
I hope the frequency for both will keep going up! I don’t always get lucid by RCs either. RCs are fun to do in dreams, and sometimes I DO get lucid from them. But when I first started having LDs, I didn’t know what RCs were, as this was back a few years before I found the forums when I heard of LDing from a Reader’s Digest. I still love my good 'ol DILDs. Your third bullet point I really agree with. I do the same thing. Goals really help stabilize my LDs and give them direction so I stay lucid longer and with a purpose. And yes. More sleep usually equals more LDs for me. I usually need somewhere over 6 hours, preferably 8 or more with a WBTB at 6. I’m especially more likely to have an LD if I sleep 10+ hours (providing I woke up after 6 or 7)… Also, if my naps are long enough for me to dream, I also tend to get LDs during those, depending where I am. Usually I don’t get lucid or have OBEs during car rides, but if I’m napping in bed it could well happen.
Well, there’s my thoughts. Congrats on the LD and I wish you more LDs and recall!