Just some quick suggestions. Not claiming to have all the answers.
1. Keep the strum controlled / inside the boundaries of the strings. Maybe not even hitting all the strings, but just the ones you need. I find it almost impossible to go from a strum that ended over the pick guard back to a specific string. I'm just too far out of position at that point.
2. Keep your palm very near the strings, if not somewhat muting them, in a consistent position. If you're picking a string after the strum, you don't want the strings ringing anyway.
3. Hold your pick in picking position (as you would for single line stuff, even though you're strumming).
4. Think of the sequence as picking strings with strums in between, not strums with picking in between. That puts the focus where you need it.
5. Practice endlessly.
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