hello LDoneironaut, Perrito and tenaciousTJ
I hope you all enjoy your time spent at LD4all 
LDoneironaut, if you still remember your LD it would be great if you posted it in our Big My First LD Collection topic in the dream journal forum 
there is no tech that is guaranteed to work all the time. I would advise you to read the how to choose your technique topic and the Links and short descriptions to all new and known techniques
both topics are in the knowledge base
Perrito
ooo I hope you will make a topic in garden of creation or fruits of lucidity 