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Java Local Development Environments Advanced Tooling Finishing TreeStory

Can't pass the last challenge. I tried for a while but I just can't figure it out.

I tried to pass this challenge but one of the tests passes the values "null" and I tried to make it so it asks for a value again if it is null but then it won't show the result. I don't know how to deal with that. I saw multiple people having an issue with this challenge but no answer. Any help would be appreciated

Main.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

public class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // write your code here
        Prompter prompt = new Prompter();
        BufferedReader mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String story = null;
        try {
              do {
                   System.out.println("Choose the story you would like to edit: ");
                   story = mReader.readLine();
              } while(story.isEmpty());
         } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        Template tmpl = new Template(story);
        prompt.run(tmpl);
    }
}
Prompter.java
package com.teamtreehouse;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;


public class Prompter {
    private BufferedReader mReader;
    private Set<String> mCensoredWords;

    public Prompter() {
        mReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        loadCensoredWords();
    }

    private void loadCensoredWords() {
        mCensoredWords = new HashSet<String>();
        Path file = Paths.get("resources", "censored_words.txt");
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = Files.readAllLines(file);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't load censored words");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        mCensoredWords.addAll(words);
    }

    public void run(Template tmpl) {
        List<String> words = null;
        try {
            words = promptForWords(tmpl);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("There was a problem prompting for words");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(0);
        }
        String result = tmpl.render(words);
        System.out.printf(result);
    }

    /**
     * Prompts user for each of the blanks
     *
     * @param tmpl The compiled template
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public List<String> promptForWords(Template tmpl) throws IOException {
        List<String> words = new ArrayList<String>();
        for (String phrase : tmpl.getPlaceHolders()) {
            String word = promptForWord(phrase);
            words.add(word);
        }
        return words;
    }


    /**
     * Prompts the user for the answer to the fill in the blank.  Value is guaranteed to be not in the censored words list.
     *
     * @param phrase The word that the user should be prompted.  eg: adjective, proper noun, name
     * @return What the user responded
     */
    public String promptForWord(String phrase) throws IOException {
        String wordEntered = null;
        boolean verify = true;
        while(verify) {
            System.out.println("Please enter a " + phrase + ": ");
            wordEntered = mReader.readLine();
            if(mCensoredWords.contains(wordEntered)) {
                System.out.println("The word is part of censored list. Try again!");
            }
            else {
                verify = false;
            }
        }
        System.out.println("You chose " + wordEntered);
        return wordEntered;
    }
}