that's just your style, nothing wrong with it, everyone has a different way of telling their stories, a message or a theme is a good thing, for me the only requirement is that a story makes sense, nothing more, "ofc bc I don't read comedy"
Hello, I hope you're doing well; about the head-hopping I think what they trigger is everything that is not objective, any hint at what a character feels internally or their reasons can be considered head hopping when you are in a deep pov. Anyway, you know the drill, I'm not an expert! let's...
I voted for 10 or less, because what matters is depth not numbers, better have total control of 10 than add more to be just background noise; if you can work with 15, do it, just don't force yourself