there is a right or wrong tho.. if something is dope, it's generally pleasing or at the least, someone can appreciate why others would like it.
imho...if u wanna get better disregard the extensions for now and focus on your letter structure...like you said "as long as the word is there" is what matters, stuff like extensions are auxillary flashy shit that cant make up for poor structure anyday.. its good to see that ur letter widths are consistent.and that u can more or less read what ur peices do say.