Writing a short story?

How different is writing a short story?

When starting a writing project I never really have a mind-set that this must be 80,000 words plus or any size really. Like most, I just work until it is done then edit up or down as required, usually down, just to keep the pace up and the pages turning.

However, writing short stories was a real eye opener. In the past I had written business books which were simple enough. A fantasy novel was my first work of fiction and like most fantasy books it turne...