derek rydall

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PUBLISHED: Feb.01.2007

There's No Business Like Soul Business: A Spiritual Path to Enlightened Screenwriting, Filmmaking, and the Performing Arts

A step-by-step guide, filled with in-depth exercises and breakthrough processes, this book will equip artists and entertainment professionals with the spiritual tools and techniques to make their everyday walk in the business a more purposeful and prosperous adventure. Rydall empowers readers to achieve their dreams and create material that has a postive impact on the...

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PUBLISHED: Nov.25.2005

I Could've Written a Better Movie Than That!: How to Make Six Figures as a Script Consultant Even If You're Not a Screenwriter

One of the best kept secrets in Hollywood is the use of consultants to fine-tune scripts. Whether you are a screenwriter or not, if you have a second sense or insightful knowledge that can improve film storytelling, you may have just found a new way to make over $100,000 a year.

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Nov.14.2011 - 4:53 pm

Why Good Things Happen to Bad People

"To he who is right in mind, he can do all the wrong things and it will still turn out right. To she who is wrong in mind, she can do all the right things and it will still turn...

May.24.2011 - 4:22 pm

Are You Living on Purpose Or by Accident?

"Where there is no vision, the people perish." -- Proverbs 29:18 Within you, there is a destiny waiting to be born -- a life of such purpose, creativity and...

May.23.2011 - 7:38 pm

Do You Have a 'Broken Art'? How to Own Your Creative Power

"Each word before leaving my lips seemed to have passed through all the warmth of my blood. There was no fibre in me which did not give forth an harmonious sound. Ah, grace!...

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Writing is Rewriting, Part II

Article: Writing Is Rewriting, Part I

About derek

After a life-changing 'brush with death', Derek Rydall considered becoming a monk, then cloistered himself in his apartment without TV or news and meditated for several years -- emerging to become a licensed integrative therapist, best-selling author, and...

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