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I used to write the most unwieldy sentences ever. Now I stylise my sentences according to the narrative persona, because I tend to write in first person. But I find breaking my sentences up into smaller ones always work. I used to love beautifully crafted, semi-coloned, run-on paragraphs spanning half a page because they're (literally) breathless and breathtaking. But I understand now they should be used very sparingly, lest you wish to become Salman Rushdie on crack or Angela Carter on ketamine. Reading it aloud always works.

I'd also suggest reading Jeanette Winterson, because her sentences are so fine, polished and pruned they're about ready to snap. And sometimes, because they're too fine, polished and pruned, they do snap because there aren't any of those dumb filler words which break up a sentence and suggest how it should be read (such as 'that' and 'had', which I usually hate). She literally cuts sentences down to within an inch of their lives.