Local Things that happen in the country the television station is in.
She successfully diffuses the tension by engaging Mr. Cunningham in conversation and is responsible that no violence occurs outside the jail that night.
A backstory for your character is like background information for a character. When you write details about a character before you write your story, you are then able to use these details later on to help you improve your writing. You are able to incorporate their likes, dislikes, childhood, friends, family & more all into what you're writing. Its easier to come up with these earlier on than during your writing.
The novel ends in the present, when at a local celebration called “La Noche de los Muertos,” Eric encounters a ghost from the past and sees his own path into the future. As in her earlier works, in The Zigzag Way<span> Anita Desai has again demonstrated her mastery of her craft and her understanding of human nature.</span>
A more descriptive, and negative connotation. It better describes the noun then unpleasant.