@Anjali N - this is good work Anjali and an improvement over the last attempt.
A couple of things that jumps out at me are:
1. Your shades are not consistent. The two 'f's on the fist line both have different weights of the shade. The 'n' in 'not' is thicker than the 't'. The 'g' s all have lighter shades than the rest of the lettering.
2. The shade of the 'f' should start just below the 1st ascender line. Yours start after the waist line - this makes the 'f' look much weaker than the letters around it.
3. The 'i-n' join you refer to suffers from the taper in the 'i'. You will see it if you compare this to the 'i-n' join in 'standing'.
4. Do not forget to square the tops of the letters so they are nice and crisp.
If you notice, none of the above has to do with the structure of the lettering. This should be good news. We are now refining your script and these things are what differentiates the merely 'ok' from the 'really good'. You have the ability - just need a little refinement of the eye.
As for the weight of the stroke that Ashok mentioned, I generally find that lighter shades look more elegant but there is work by Lupfer with pretty heavy shading that is just stunning. Play with the different weights of shade to see what you like best.
- Salman