Much has been written about the importance of "writing with discipline" in order to increase the readability and, hence, the publishability of manuscripts submitted to journals for consideration for publication. More specifically, empirical evidence has been provided that links American Psychological Association (APA) errors, citation errors, reference list errors, and grammatical errors to manuscript rejection by the editor. However, scant attention has been paid to what we refer to as "displaying with creativity." Thus, in this study, we analyzed the use of visual displays--specifically, the use of tables and figures in 71 manuscripts submitted to the journal "Research in the Schools" over a 4-year period. Findings revealed that the majority (i.e., 80.3%) of manuscripts contained one or more visual displays, with a statistically significantly and practically significantly higher proportion of manuscripts containing tables than figures. Further, the qualitative research manuscripts contained statistically significantly and practically significantly fewer tables and figures than did both the quantitative research manuscripts and the mixed methods research manuscripts, with very large effect sizes (Cohen's d = 1.09 and 0.93, respectively). Most notably, manuscripts that received a decision of either accept or revise-and-resubmit (92.1%) were statistically significantly (Cramer's V = 0.32) and practically significantly (Odds Ratio = 2.04; 95% confidence interval = 1.33, 3.12) more likely to contain one or more tables and/or figures than were manuscripts that received a decision of reject (66.7%). Implications of these findings are discussed.