need help

Does anyone know any good techniques? I have been trying to lucid dream since the start of last year. No techniques have really worked for me, except reality checks. I only had one LD that lasted about 10 or 15 seconds, but that also didn't feel like i was in control, more an imitation of a lucid dream. I can't do any techniques that require you to wake up in the middle of the night, nor can I do ones that require you to visualize stuff, because i am not very good at visualizing. I don't know if i just haven't searched enough, but i haven't found any techniques that i can actually do. I really feel like i might give up. Does anyone have any techniques that don't require you to wake up at night or require you to visualize a lot?