Have you tried searching on Google?
I would trust it more than anything anyone would post on here.

One step towards lucid dreaming is to remember your dreams. As soon as you wake up write down your dream in the most detail you possibly can. You also need to be aware that you are dreaming. Look for details that you see in every dream. Every now and then look at your hands or a clock or turn on and off a light switch. In your dreams, your hands will not look normal and numbers on the clock will look funny. If you flip a light switch the light wont turn on. Do this for a couple of week and you should at the very least be able to control your actions in a dream.

I hope this helps.

Look. As the guy above is basically right. There is many forms or kinds of ways to perform lucid dreams. Look it up on google or youtube.

ive been practicing lucid dreaming for months now, and i think i am approaching it wrong or something because i have still not remotely mastered it.

TrueCazer wrote ive been practicing lucid dreaming for months now, and i think i am approaching it wrong or something because i have still not remotely mastered it.

It's either that or you're not keeping a Dream Journal.