A Note: Please Read

This is a very important message, and is placed currently as a note on the story...please read. 

Today I received a review from a member I will leave anonymous, and I feel that this message goes to all readers, not just the reviewer.

I would like everyone to know that I do indeed spend a lot of time writing this story, and NOTHING is directly copied. Since this is a story that has been written before, there is always going to be some overlap. Han and Leia fanfiction is very common, and there will ALWAYS be something that is similar. I have read a lot of fanfiction on this couple myself, and many MANY stories use the same ideas. When there are hundreds of stories about the same people, eventually there are going to be similar ideas and stories posted. I mention even in the description to the story that I have seen this story done before. The trip to Bespin is probably one of the most popular Han and Leia fics around.

Again, everything in this story, as well as in my other fics, is written by me, and if something is specifically taken from another story, I credit that story in the chapter it is used.

If you find something that maybe I missed that is in your story or another story you have read (please be specific...many ideas are used by more than one author just because it is a story about the same thing), please let me know right away. I don't wish to make anyone unhappy, and I don't wish to be reported for something as silly as a word or two used in another story about the same thing.

This message was sent specifically in the chapter Nightmares (Chapter 28). I agree, Leia's nightmares have been done before, but I never meant to overlap anyone. This is not just used in my story, and it's hard to tell who the original author of the "nightmares" idea was. I can't say enough that I spend hours on each chapter writing them out carefully, and it is not copied from any other story, or used in reference to any other story.

Overall, if you can't tell, this review bothered me, and although I am unable to delete this story just because there has been more than one story about the Trip to Bespin and some of my ideas overlap, I felt the need to comment on it to everyone right away, because it is such a serious issue. There are probably 20 or more authors who have done the trip to Bespin, not just me.

I realize that this reviewer is just giving me a warning, but this story is not intended to be anything but my version of the trip to Bepsin. There are indeed going to be things similar to other stories, but I do not intend this to be used as a copy of any other story. Overlap tends to happen often when there is more than one story about the same topic, as I have said before, such as the Trip To Bespin. I have never had a problem with this before, so I see no reason for it to be a problem now.

And so, before you report me, please let me know if something is wrong and I will work to change it. I hope you all still enjoy "40 Days" and know that I am fully working to stray from other stories on the topic and make it my own. This doesn't always work, but I try my best.

Thank you for all your consideration.

-EpcotExpert

I would like to let everyone know that this review really upset me, and so I ask for your support at this time. I have put "40 Days" on hold until this issue is resolved, to give other authors time to respond if I have used something they felt was theirs to begin with. Hopefully this issue will be resolved quickly so the next chapter can be posted on time. Thank you everyone.