At the end of each session, which will be determined by the DM, you get Experience points (XP).
Though there are other ways to earn XP, the primary way is to answer the Questions For XP after each session (see below).
For each “yes,” you get one XP.

XP can be used to buy new talents ; or points in skills (to a maximum of 5).
Buying a skill point or a new talent costs 10 XP.

You may save your XP for later or use them immediately, but you can only buy skill points and talents after or before a session (when it fits the RP), not in game (unless it works RP-wise).

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DEARLY DEPARTED MONOLOGUES
One way to earn XP is to hold a Dearly Departed Monologue.
All sessions except the first one start with a Dearly Departed Monologue.
This means that one of the PCs holds a monologue directed to a dead PC or an NPC (or to someone the PC thinks is dead).
The monologue should contain something that happened last session.

Only one player gets to hold a Dearly Departed Monologue per session.
The monologue should be short and say something about what is going on inside the PC’s mind.
You do not have to direct it to someone who died last session; it could be to a person from the PC’s past.
There are examples of Dearly Departed Monologues in every chapter of the book.

When you have held your monologue, you get to roll a double low.
The result is the number of XP you get.
Recollecting the past and pondering the current situation is a way to learn things.

If, for example, only one player wants to hold them, they may do it every session, and then you split the XP for their monologues between all PCs.

Note: I will go with splitting the XP between all PCs in any case.

FLASHBACKS
To earning XP in the same manner as the Dearly Departed Monologues, above, you can write a FLASHBACK SCENE.
Both you and the players may initiate scenes that took place before the campaign began, perhaps even before the outbreak.
This is a good way to get to know the PCs.
 Most flashback scenes try to explain how the PC got a certain Issue or a specific relationship to another person.
For example, it could be a scene where we get to see the moment when one of the PCs fell in love with his best friend’s wife – who is now one of the other PCs in the group.
So, once every session, one player writes a flashback scene for their PC.
As the players take turns, all of them will get a chance to set a scene over time.

In flashback scenes, the players whose PCs are not in it may play NPCs.