lucid help please

Date: 8/9/2016

Hi, i know im not supposed to do this because its supposed to be for dreams but can someone give me some advice please?:) So i set my alarm for around 4am but sometimes i will sleep through it and on those nights i will remember loads of my dreams in really great detail. I perform reality checks during the day but i never seem to be able to do them during my dreams but one time i managed to and ruined it by changing the dream too quickly! What methods do you guys prefer and are more succesful? What advice can you give about the alarm? Thanks