Winston_Wolf, you lost me on your pencil thing.
Is the pencil going to fly out of the pistol and dot the wall?
Most new shooter have a tendency to fight the slide on a 1911. They will push forward and down when pulling the trigger. Granted that dry firing will help their aim and style, but as soon as they return to live fire, they start to fight the pistol again.
The best way for a new shooter to learn the 1911, is to start with a light load. The lack of recoil lets them mindset on a steady hold and smooth trigger pull. And, not on fighting the recoil and slide. When dry firing, your aim point should not change, even after the hammer has fallen.
Maybe that was your pencil idea. To barely hold the pencil to the paper and fire the pistol without drawing a line, only having the dot.