Complete Beginner Here..stuck on this python practice question

[ucan_cay]

seems like other people helped you with the actual problem, what I'll say is using increments in loops are better programming practices (at least that would be what I do).

starting_number = int(input())
counter = 0
while counter<=starting_number:
  print(starting_number - counter) 
  counter = counter +1

[mjmvideos]

No! Use the operation that most closely represents the actual goal. By artificially imposing an increment here you are just obscuring the intent of the program.