Writing your dreams down can seem like too much of a chore and this is the part where most people fall short in the interpretation process.
In choosing not to write your dreams down, remembered dreams become passing thoughts, or even casual topics of conversation and then forgotten. This is one of the reasons for recurring dreams. The message of the dream is being passed along but not absorbed, so the message is repeated.
You dreams are a wonderful free source of wisdom and insight about yourself, but unless you are an expert on your own symbolism, you MUST write them down if you want to access to their hidden messages.
Why? Because they need to be translated into a language that we can understand on a conscious level. Its like deciphering a secret code and thats pretty tough to do just in your headyou need to write it out.
I highly suggest that until you are adept at recalling and journaling your dreams, that you do it on paper rather than an online source. Writing dreams down manually creates a more intimate connection and you wont be distracted by having to follow software formats.
Once you have your dream written down and analyzed, then...