This will usually not take more than 15 minutes at the most. The easiest way of recall is to re-view the dream in the mind's eye as it occurred and simply describe what was seen. Dreams which seemed to take a long time, and have much detail can be described adequately in much less space than would be imagined. Establishing this routine and maintaining rigid discipline is absolutely necessary if success is to be achieved. In the early going, dream recall will only occasionally be complete.
Major dreams are the easiest.
Those which are exceptionally entertaining or interesting are also easily recalled. As time progresses, greater skills accrue in developing conscious dreaming. Most people actually have more than one dream a night. As mental muscle develops, conscious dreamers find themselves recording two, and then three, or four dreams per sleep session. Not only can a conscious dreamer do this, but is able to recall in the sequence of occurrence, and hold all of the knowledge of the dreams simultaneously while writing each in turn.