Well, I'm not an english major, but I would suggest learning to recognize a run-on sentence in your writing. Then determine how to break it up.
1) Limit your sentences to 20 words. If you get there to 20 (maybe 21-22) and aren't done with what you need to say, then it needs to be two (or more) sentences.
2) Write whatever you want, then read it aloud. Actually out loud, not mouth the words silently. When need to pause to breathe, you need a new sentence, or at least some break via punctuation.
My HS english teacher used William Faulkner to illustrate how there comes a point when a sentence is SO long you forget the beginning before you get to the end.
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