I loved Bird by Bird. Like you said, it wasn't advice on writing as much as it was advice on how to handle yourself as a writer. it was great. William Zinnser's "On Writing Well" was a decent read on how to write well. But it basically boils down to this. "Write something, realize half of the words are unnecessary, and get rid of the ones you dont need. this might take a few drafts"
happy to provide you with some blogging fodder. I felt almost the same way you did about Don's video. I agreed with much of it, but I'm not sure I'm ready to say that ending abortion is a pipe dream.