If I want to quick dry a few smaller buds so I can...

Cut it up finelly, the finner the cut the faster it dries, then spread it out on top of a white paper leaf, even tho you could use a black one and it wouldn't make a difference, and if this is still not fast enough for you (12h) then you can put this paper under the sun for 30min to 1h, and its done, 30min to 1h for dried smoke, its up to you, don't leave it in strong suns for over 1h as it will become overly dry.

Cut the bud up into smaller pieces, like you would if you were going to smoke it. More surface area equals faster drying without having to add heat or a breeze. You can smoke it in about 12 hours, but in 1 day, it'll be much better.

A smaller bud will dry in a couple of days. When I do this I put it at the top of the grow space in a paper bag.

We used to quick dry samples in the paper towel on wifi router it took like 3-5 hours and it was smokable ..

Fans should not be used during curing.. Low and slow is the name of the game.. Unless you live in higher humidity area.. 50%+ then consider adding a fan. Speeding up the process is fine for a few "samples". But the quality of the speed dry is dramatically less then the slow cure.. And if it drys too fast it can ruin it.. Ie never use one of them fan/heat combo tray things..

just point a fan at it.. no light needed. light not good dead anything... cool and dry..