fruit_name = input("What is your favorite fruit: ") 
fruit_len = len(fruit_name) 
fruit_len = int(fruit_len) 
reversed_word = "" 
lower = 0 
upper = fruit_len 
inc = 1 
for lp in range(lower, upper, inc): 
 reversed_word = (fruit_name[lp] + reversed_word) 
 reversed_word = str(reversed_word) 
print(fruit_name + " backwards is " + reversed_word)
I just changed the str(lp) to fruit_name[lp]. This takes lp as the index of fruit_name and gets the letter at that index. We then add that letter to the existing reversed_word. I think this is what you're looking for.