And, of course, some autographs show evidence of substantial composition during the writing process (as opposed to simply writing down what's already planned out). The most famous examples are the Haydn quartets, which were clearly *not* written out in Mozart's typical method.
For those who can read German: The Book "Mozarts Schaffensweise" (Mozratr's working methods) by Ulrich Konrad covers this topic in detail. In the first part of the book he also explores the historical development of the idea/legend of Mozart inventing everything in his head and then just "copying" onto paper.
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