 In contrast, the "syuzhet" (plot) means a unique sequence of discourse that was sorted out by the (implied) author.That is, the syuzhet can consist of picking up the fabula events in non-chronological order; for example, fabula is 1, a2, a3, a4, a5, ..., an, a1, a3Victor Shklovsky, “Art as Technique,” in "Russian Formalist Criticism