I’m not knocking his style at all, obviously he has millions of diehard fans. My point is that there is a wide range of techniques, and fans (and critics) of each one.
One thing I found helpful before my first novel was to get paperback copies of a few of my favorite novels by a variety of authors. Then I used different colored markers to mark them up in the margins, bracketing dialogue, narrative, POV shifts etc. Then, by flipping through the marked up books, I could get a feel for the different technical styles. Once this was done, I found a solid mid-range that would not put me too far out in any direction, but in a sweet-spot where most successful novelists find their voice.
On average, a couple pages of narrative at most, and a bit more dialogue. Dialogue is easiest to write, it writes itself, so I don’t limit how long it goes if it’s effective.
In my multi POV novels, I only have one voice per scene, with a clear shift in POV indicated by a triple line break. Even in my 500+ page novels (250K words) I only have 6 or 7 POV characters. If there are two or more POV characters in a scene, I never jump between POVs rapidly. They can share, but the shifts in POV must be very clear.
I agree with all of this. Also, in the paperback if the POV shift occurs at a page break, I add three asterisks to make sure it is clear.
I am meticulous about each character only having knowledge particular to that character. If the POV is that of character A and character A does not know character B, I do not refer to character B by name, etc.