When I want particularly vivid dreams, I'll take caffeine pills right before going to sleep. It keeps the sleep light enough that it borders on waking me up without actually doing it.
Even simpler, there is a Dream Yoga practice involving sleeping in a box that is too small to lay down in. It forces you to sleep sitting up. If you use it for enough days in a row it will keep your sleep light and your dreams more vivid.
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