Late to the party, but I can relate so much to OP.
When I got into shooting, one of my first guns was a 1911 and I fell head over heels with the history and beauty of the platform (also cause I live win California, so it made more sense than owning a double stack). Started out just like you punching holes in paper at the range and gradually progressed to IDPA and ultimately went to USPSA.
I've never shot single stacks/2011s well. No matter how much dry firing or live practice I put the gun through, I was never consistent with it. I never wanted to let go of the platform (still haven't really), but I finally decided to give other guns more time (polymer and CZ) and so far all those guns have yielded far better results. I thought it was a grip issue or perhaps my girly hands couldn't handle major PF, but after taking a Ben Stoeger class and reading countless sources of shooting technique I just came to the conclusion that the platform wasn't for me. As I said, I'm not blaming the gun, but every other platform has given me no issues.
Try it out first, OP, and give it a little time to really cement in whether or not the gun is good for you.