How Would I Rewrite This URL Using Mod Rewrite?

You need to look at .htaccess files.  An .htaccess file modifies the directory it exists in and any directories under it.  So you would put yours in your root level web directory (http://www.trytlc.com)

Within this .htaccess file, you'd write the following (I don't have a way to test this at the moment but I'm pretty sure this will work)

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule dward\/(.*)$ http://www.trytlc.com/$1?user=dward [L]

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Thank you veyr much for the help. The only problem I have now is that the dward part of the url is dynamic and can change with every user. So how would I modify this to reflect that.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule dward\/(.*)$ http://www.trytlc.com/$1?user=dward [L]

What you'll have to do is say (pseudocode)
http://www.trytlc.com/USER/FILE = www.trytlc.com/FILE?user=USER.  The problem with that, though is that kills all your real subdirectories in your domain.  So you'll have to have some kind of user delimiter (frequently a tilde), which will make it www.trytlc.com/~dward/FILE.

Your other option is www.trytlc.com/users/dward/FILE.

Which one would you like the script for?

I think the delimeter with the tilde would be the best bet for my application.

www.trytlc.com/~dward/FILE

Ahhh, add an [L] on the end as in the first example.

Thank You very much for the help. I appreciate it greatly.